Esther 4:11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘All the royal officials and the people of the royal provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner courtyard  and who has not been summoned #– #the death penalty   #– # unless the king extends the gold sceptre, allowing that person to live.  I have not been summoned to appear before the king  for the last  thirty days.’

Cross References

Daniel 2:9

If you don’t tell me the dream, there is one decree for you.  You have conspired to tell me something false or fraudulent until the situation changes. So tell me the dream and I will know you can give me its interpretation.’

Esther 8:4

The king extended the gold sceptre  towards Esther, so she got up and stood before the king.

Esther 2:14

She would go in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the supervision of the king’s eunuch Shaashgaz, keeper of the concubines.  She never went to the king again, unless he desired her and summoned her by name.

Esther 6:4

The king asked, ‘Who is in the court? ’ Now Haman was just entering the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.

Esther 1:19

‘If it meets the king’s approval, he should personally issue a royal decree. Let it be recorded in the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it cannot be revoked:  Vashti is not to enter King Ahasuerus’s presence, and her royal position is to be given to another woman who is more worthy than she.

1 Peter 3:7

Husbands,  in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker partner,  showing them honour as co-heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

Esther 4:10

Esther spoke to Hathach and commanded him to tell Mordecai,

Esther 4:12

Esther’s response was reported to Mordecai.