Esther 4:9-11

Christian Standard Bible

⁹ Hathach came and repeated Mordecai’s response to Esther.

¹⁰ Esther spoke to Hathach and commanded him to tell Mordecai, ¹¹ “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^(A) and who has not been summoned—the death penalty^(B)—unless the king extends the gold scepter, allowing that person to live.^(C) I have not been summoned to appear before the king^(D) for the last^[a] thirty days.”