Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
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Manner. —Translate, law or ordinance, as in Esther 1:8; Esther 1:15.
John Gill
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century
Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to King Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of women…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century
We see to what absurd practices those resorted who were lacking Divine revelation, and what need there was for the gospel of Christ to purify peopl…
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