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The king extended his golden scepter to Esther, and she rose and stood before the king.(A) Esther said, “If it pleases you, and if I have found favor, let an order be sent rescinding the letters that Haman wrote and sent to destroy the Jews in your kingdom.(B) How can I look on the ruin of my people? How can I be safe if my ancestral nation[a] is destroyed?”(C)

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