# Rest of Esther 14:16

**Apocrypha.** Not part of the 66-book Protestant canon. Catholic and Orthodox churches accept these books as deuterocanonical.

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/rest-of-esther/14/16
- Book: [Rest of Esther](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/rest-of-esther)
- Chapter: [Rest of Esther 14](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/rest-of-esther/14)
- Background: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/rest-of-esther#background-and-history
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Thou knowest my necessity: for I abhor the sign of my high estate, which is upon mine head in the days wherein I shew myself, and that I abhor it as a menstruous rag, and that I wear it not when I am private by myself.