Then the king'sservantswhowere at the king'sgatesaidto Mordecai,"Whyare you transgressingthe king'scommand?"
When the virginswere gatheredtogether the secondtime,then Mordecaiwas sittingat the king'sgate.
Allthe king'sservantswhowere at the king'sgateboweddownand paidhomageto Haman;for sothe kinghad commandedconcerning him. But Mordecaineitherboweddownnorpaidhomage.
Now it was when they had spokendailyto him and he would not listento them, that they toldHamanto seewhether Mordecai'sreasonwould stand;for he had toldthem that he was a Jew.
But the midwivesfearedGod,and did not doas the kingof Egypthad commandedthem, but let the boyslive.
