Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women—since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women—
