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Esther answered, “If I please the king, grant my request that my life be spared—and my petition that the lives of my people be spared as well. That’s my desire, because my people and I have been sold out to be killed, plundered, and enslaved—we and our children, to become slaves and female servants. The man who accuses us is not worthy to be in the king’s court!”

The king said, “Who is this person who dares to do such a thing?”

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