Then Esther spoke to Hathach and gave him a message to take back to Mordecai: All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king in the inner court without being called, there is but one law—all alike must be put to death. Only if the king holds out the golden scepter to someone may that person live. But as for me, I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days, demonstrating Esther's explanation of the legal obstacle to her approach and revealing that she has not been called to the king's presence for a month, suggesting either that her favor has waned or that the king's attention has been elsewhere. This statement of the law makes clear that even the queen cannot approach the king without risking death if she does so uninvited, establishing the genuine danger that Esther herself would face by attempting to intercede on behalf of her people.

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