Ester 2:12

2:12 At the end of the twelve months that were required for the women, ¹  when the turn of each young woman arrived to go to King Ahasuerus – for in this way they had to fulfill their time of cosmetic treatment: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfume and various ointments used by women –

Ester 4:11

4:11 “All the servants of the king and the people of the king’s provinces know that there is only one law applicable ²  to any man or woman who comes uninvited to the king in the inner court – that person will be put to death, unless the king extends to him the gold scepter, permitting him to be spared. ³  Now I have not been invited to come to the king for some thirty days!”

[2:12]  ¹ tc The LXX does not include the words “that were required for the women.”

[2:12]  tn Heb “to be to her according to the law of the women”; NASB “under the regulations for the women.”

[4:11]  ² tn Heb “one is his law”; NASB “he (the king NIV) has but one law”

[4:11]  ³ tn Heb “and he will live”; KJV, ASV “that he may live”; NIV “and spare his life.”