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Originally Posted by Esther
Two questions for you bible scholars.
1. When Vashti was ordered to appear before the King with her crown, do you believe that meant without her veil OR that she was to wear her crown ONLY?
2. What do you know about the purification process, what all did that entail?
Thanks for your response.
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Vashti's crown - I only read that it was simply a crown, but read nothing about a veil. Adam Clark says that the Targum/Aramaic translation adds that she was naked.
Adam Clark commentary on purification:
Let their things for purification be given them - תמרקיהן tamrukeyhen, their cosmetics. What these were we are told in
Est_2:12; oil of myrrh, and sweet odours. The myrrh was employed for six months, and the odours for six months more, after which the person was brought to the king. This space was sufficient to show whether the young woman had been chaste; whether she were with child or not, that the king might not be imposed on, and be obliged to father a spurious offspring, which might have been the case had not this precaution been used.
Instead of the oil or myrrh, the Targum says it was the oil of unripe olives which caused the hair to fall off, and rendered the skin delicate.
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