25 lines
710 B
Markdown
25 lines
710 B
Markdown
# If it pleases the king ... in his eyes ... before the king ... in his eyes
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"If it pleases you, the king ... in your eyes ... before you, the king ... in your eyes"
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# if the thing seems proper before the king
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"if the king thinks that what I ask for is proper"
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# I am pleasing in his eyes
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"he is pleased with me"
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# revoke
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take back and make of no effect
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# the letters
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You may need to use a word for written instructions that is more general than "letter" so that the reader does not think that these documents were about only personal matters.
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# provinces
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A province is a large area into which some countries are divided for the purposes of government. See how you translated this in Esther 1:1.
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