Esther 4:10 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Then Esther spoke to Hatach again and gave him a message to take back to Mordecai.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Esther is sending another message back to Mordecai through their go-between messenger.

📚 Historical Context

This takes place during the Persian Empire when Esther was queen to King Xerxes. Hatach was a trusted eunuch who served as the messenger between Queen Esther and her cousin Mordecai, since they couldn't meet directly due to palace protocols. This conversation was happening during the crisis when Haman had plotted to destroy all the Jewish people in the empire.

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Then Mordecai sent this message back to Esther: 'Don't think that just because you live in the king's palace, you'll be safe when all the other Jews are in danger.'

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Then the king's secretaries were called together on the twenty-third day of the third month (called Sivan). They wrote down everything that Mordecai commanded to be sent to the Jews and to all the governors, officials, and rulers of the provinces stretching from India to Ethiopia—all 127 provinces. The message was written to each province in its own script and to each people group in their own language, including to the Jews in their own writing and language.

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And he sent letters to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of King Ahasuerus's kingdom, with words of peace and truth,

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