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Passage Lookup: Esther 2:2-3,7

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Esther 2:2
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Then the king's attendants, who served him, said, "(C1)Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king.
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Esther 2:3
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"And may the king appoint overseers in (C1)all the provinces of his kingdom, and have them (F1)bring every beautiful young virgin to the citadel of Susa, to the harem, into the custody of (C2)Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and (C3)let their cosmetics be given to them.
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Esther 2:7
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He was the guardian to Hadassah, that is (C1)Esther, his uncle's daughter, for she had no father or mother. Now the young woman was beautiful of form and (F1)face, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter.
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