Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will also fast as you do. After that I will go to the king, though it is against the law; and if I perish,... Esther and Ruth - עמוד 18מאת Patricia K. Tull - 2003 - 94 דפיםתצוגה מקדימה מוגבלת - מידע על ספר זה
| Wesley J. Fuerst - 1975 - 284 דפים
...and fast for me; take neither food nor drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maids will fast as you do. After that I will go to the king, although it is 17 against the law; and if I perish, I perish.' So Mordecai went away and did exactly... | |
| J. G. McConville - 1985 - 220 דפים
...and neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law; and if I perish, I perish." "Mordecai then went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him. (0 Superficially the action... | |
| Seymour Rossel, Behrman House - 1988 - 164 דפים
...save our people!77 Esther told Mordecai: "Gather all the Jews in Shushan. Fast for three days. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law. And if I perish; I perish!77 Mordecai did as Esther asked. On the third day Esther put on her finest robes and went to... | |
| Leila Leah Bronner - 1994 - 244 דפים
...and neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law; and if I perish, I perish" (Esth. 4:16). Where there is fasting, the Midrash assumes there must also be prayer, and Esther's is... | |
| Joyce Hollyday - 1994 - 260 דפים
...Press, 1938). 18 Esther: A Queen Saves Her People SCRIPTURE: Esther 2 — 10 Then Esther said, "... I will go to the king, though it is against the law; and if I perish, I perish." (Esth. 4:15-16) Hither is one of only two women with books of the Bible named after them, the other... | |
| Alice Bach - 1997 - 314 דפים
...queen. setting it in dialogue. Esther tells Mordecai in direct discourse the substance of her heroism: Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold...it is against the law; and if I perish, I perish. (Esth. 4:16) She requests through Mordecai that the Jews fast for three days, the time period of her... | |
| Johanna W. H. Van Wijk-Bos - 1998 - 164 דפים
...one to step forward. Esther's Acceptance (4:15-17) 4:1 5 Then Esther said in reply to Mordecai, "' "Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and...it is against the law; and if I perish, I perish." 1 Mordecai then went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him. For the first time, the text... | |
| Binyamin S. Moore - 1999 - 1180 דפים
...eat and drink for three days, night and day. I, with my maids, will also fast in this way. And thus I will go to the king, [though] it is against the law, and just as I have [begun this way] to destruction, so will I [continue this way] to destruction." 17 Mordechai... | |
| Nina Beth Cardin - 2000 - 332 דפים
...fast on my behalf. Do not eat or drink for three days. I and my maidens will fast too. Then I shall go to the king, though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish'" (Esther 4: 15-16). In remembrance of Esther's bravery and the solidarity of the Jewish people, we fast... | |
| Yoram Hazony - 2000 - 352 דפים
...do not drink for three days, night and day, and I and my maids will fast as well. Then I will go in to the king, though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish." (4:16-17) ESTHER FIVE [5:1 - 5:14] It came to pass on the third day , that Esther dressed in royalty... | |
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