Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women twelve months (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors and with the things for the purifying of the women),

Now every girl, when her turn came, had to go in to King Ahasuerus, after undergoing, for a space of twelve months, what was ordered by the law for the women (for this was the time necessary for making them clean, that is, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with sweet perfumes and such things as are needed for making women clean):

Οτε δε εφθανεν η σειρα εκαστου κορασιου δια να εισελθη προς τον βασιλεα Ασσουηρην, αφου ηθελε σταθη δωδεκα μηνας κατα το ηθος των γυναικων, διοτι ουτω συνεπληρουντο αι ημεραι του καθαρισμου αυτων, εξ μηνας περιηλειφοντο με ελαιον σμυρνινον, και εξ μηνας με αρωματα και με αλλα καθαριστικα των γυναικων·

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;)