10 Esther spoke to Hathach and commanded him to tell Mordecai, 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 courtyardah and who has not been summoned—the death penalty—aunless the king extends the gold scepter, allowing that person to live.b I have not been summoned to appear before the kingc for the lastA thirty days.”