Esther 4:2
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And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.
In other translations
And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.
Hebrew words
וַיָּבוֹאvaiyavo'and he wentH935עַד'adtoH5704לִפְנֵיlifnei<to> beforeH6440שַׁעַר־sha'ar-[the] gate ofH8179הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428כִּיkiforH3588אֵין'einnotH369לָבוֹאlavo'to goH935אֶל־'el-intoH413שַׁעַרsha'ar[the] gate ofH8179הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428בִּלְבוּשׁbilvushin clothing ofH3830שָׂק׃saksackclothH8242
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