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What should a child notice in Esther 4?
Esther 4 opens with these words: “Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the middle of…” The line to keep is Esther 4:1: “Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, and…” Carry the word “mordecai” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Esther 4:1: “Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, and wailed loudly and bitterly.” What happens first in Esther 4?
Esther 4:1
“Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, and wailed loudly and bitterly.”
Esther 4:3
“In every province, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.”
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Say it
Practice Esther 4:1
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
NowwhenMordecaifoundoutallthatwasdone,Mordecaitorehisandputonsackclothwithashes,andwentoutthemiddleofthecity,andloudlyandbitterly.