Esther 8:4

Easy To Read Version

Then the king held out the gold scepter {\cf2\super [26]} to Esther. Esther got up and stood in front of the king.

Cross References

Esther 4:11

“Mordecai, all the king’s leaders and all the people of the king’s provinces know this: The king has one law for any man or woman that goes to the king without being called. He must be put to death. The only way this law is not carried out is if the king puts out his gold scepter {\cf2\super [15]} to the person. If the king does that, then that person’s life will be saved. And I have not been called to go see the king for 30 days.”

Esther 5:2

Then the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court. When he saw her, he was very pleased. He held out to her the gold scepter {\cf2\super [19]} that was in his hand. So Esther went in to the room and went near the king. Then she touched the end of the king’s gold scepter.

Esther 8:3

Then Esther spoke to the king again. She fell at the king’s feet and began crying. She begged the king to cancel the evil plan of Haman the Agagite. Haman had thought up that plan to hurt the Jews.