...directed Mordecai, "gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me ... I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will...according to the law: and if I perish, I perish." To every household and every school, to every parent, teacher, and child upon whom has shone the light...

...knew that she meant a continuous three-day fast. Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor...days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so shall I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish,...

...are present in Shushan, and fast ye with me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: / also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will...unto the king, which is not according to the law: and ' Ill^erish^I^ensh. So Mordecai went his way, and didaccording to all that Esther had commanded him,...

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...different and peculiar about her. She was unique. In light of this, we can comprehend a strange verse: Neither eat nor drink three days, night or day; I also and my maidens will fast in like manner, and so will I go in unto the king (4:16). Why did Esther fast for seventy-two hours?...

...perhaps they'll let me help settle the Negro problems there, —perhaps they won't. '! will go in to the King, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.' " And then he mused and dreamed, and planned a life-work; and the train flew south. Down in Altamaha,...

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...herself, "Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor...not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish" (vv. 15—16, italics added). A greater than Esther not only took His life in His hand, but gave that...