Ester 4

11 "All the royal officials and the people of the royal provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner courtyard  * 4:11 Est 5:1 and who has not been summoned — the death penalty  * 4:11 Dn 2:9,12–13  —  unless the king extends the gold scepter, allowing that person to live.  * 4:11 Est 5:2; 8:4 I have not been summoned to appear before the king  * 4:11 Est 2:14 for the last  * 4:11 Lit king these thirty days."