Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal robes of blue and white, with a great golden crown and a robe of fine linen and purple, and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.
“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day.
When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
let royal robes be brought, which the king has worn, and the horse that the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal crown is set.
The couriers went out hurriedly by order of the king, and the decree was issued in Susa the citadel. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was thrown into confusion.
There were white cotton curtains and violet hangings fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rods and marble pillars, and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and precious stones.
Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain about his neck.
What then did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
So Haman took the robes and the horse, and he dressed Mordecai and led him through the square of the city, proclaiming before him, “Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.”
On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king's palace, in front of the king's quarters, while the king was sitting on his royal throne inside the throne room opposite the entrance to the palace.
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