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."
14 If you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will come to the Jewish people from another place, 4:14 Gn 50:20 but you and your father’s family will be destroyed. Who knows, perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this." 4:14 Gn 45:5–7
16 "Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa and fast for me. Don’t eat or drink for three days, 4:16 Est 5:1; Jl 1:14 night or day. I and my female servants will also fast 4:16 Est 9:31 in the same way. After that, I will go to the king even if it is against the law. 4:16 Est 5:1–2 If I perish, I perish." 4:16 Gn 43:14