


Esther 2:12
Bible Versions
Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, [to wit], six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with [other] things for the purifying of the women;)
Now when every maid's {H5291} turn {H8447} was come {H5060} to go in {H935} to king {H4428} Ahasuerus {H325}, after {H7093} that she had been twelve {H8147}{H6240} months {H2320}, according to the manner {H1881} of the women {H802},(for so were the days {H3117} of their purifications {H4795} accomplished {H4390}, to wit, six {H8337} months {H2320} with oil {H8081} of myrrh {H4753}, and six {H8337} months {H2320} with sweet odours {H1314}, and with other things for the purifying {H8562} of the women {H802};)
Each girl had her turn to appear before King Achashverosh after she had undergone the full twelve-month preparation period prescribed for the women, consisting of a six-month treatment with oil of myrrh and six months with perfumes and other cosmetics for women.
In the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.
Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women twelve months (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors and with the things for the purifying of the women),
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