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Esther 2:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Now this was the time for a virgin to go into the king, when she had completed twelve months; for so are the days of purification fulfilled, six months while they are anointing themselves with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices and women’s purifications. "

Esther 2:12

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10 But Esther didn’t reveal her family or her kindred, for Mordecai had charged her not to tell.

11 But Mordecai used to walk every day by the women’s court, to see what would become of Esther.

12 Now this was the time for a virgin to go into the king, when she had completed twelve months; for so are the days of purification fulfilled, six months while they are anointing themselves with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices and women’s purifications.

13 And then the lady goes in to the king. The officer that he commands to do so will bring her to come in with him from the women’s apartment to the king’s chamber.

14 She enters in the evening, and in the morning she departs to the second women’s apartment, where Hegai the king’s chamberlain is keeper of the women. She doesn’t go in to the king again, unless she is called by name.

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Judges 11:38

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"He said, “Go.” He sent her away for two months; and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her virginity on the mountains."

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Psalms 45:14

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"She had a garment of various colors on her, for the king’s daughters who were virgins dressed in such robes. Then his servant brought her out and bolted the door after her."

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"in her virginity, lest she should be defiled and be with child in her father’s house; when she has a husband, lest she should transgress; and when she is married, lest she should be barren."

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1 Kings 1:2

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"Therefore his servants said to him, “Let a young virgin be sought for my lord the king. Let her stand before the king, and cherish him; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm.”"

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Esther 2:1

"After this, the king’s anger was pacified, and he no more mentioned Vashti, bearing in mind what she had said, and how he had condemned her."

Esther 2:2

"Then the servants of the king said, “Let chaste, beautiful young virgins be sought for the king."

Esther 2:3

"Let the king appoint local governors in all the provinces of his kingdom, and let them select beautiful, chaste young ladies and bring them to the city Susa, into the women’s apartment. Let them be consigned to the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women. Then let things for purification and other needs be given to them."

Esther 2:4

"Let the woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This thing pleased the king; and he did so."

Esther 2:5

"Now there was a Jew in the city Susa, and his name was Mordecai, the son of Jairus, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin."

Esther 2:6

"He had been brought as a prisoner from Jerusalem, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried into captivity."

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