Story · 29 · The Queen
'Don't reveal your people'
Mordecai urges Esther to hide her Jewish identity as she becomes queen. The narrator doesn't say why.
Concealment as survival.
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Esther's parents had died, and Mordecai lived among Jewish exiles in Mesopotamia.
Bible reference: Esther 2:10, 20
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 453–454
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