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Esther 1:8

New Century Version

The king commanded that the guests be permitted to drink as much as they wished. He told the wine servers to serve each man what he wanted.

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Wine was served in gold cups of various kinds. And there was plenty of the king’s wine, because he was very generous.

Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.

So we Recabites have obeyed everything Jonadab our ancestor commanded us. Neither we nor our wives, sons, or daughters ever drink wine.

Babylon was like a gold cup in the Lord’s hand that made the whole earth drunk. The nations drank Babylon’s wine, so they went crazy.

Then he said to them, “Now take some out and give it to the master of the feast.” So they took the water to the master.