Which of the following phrases is Mordecai’s famous challenge to Esther regarding her role in the crisis?
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Correct answer: Who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Mordecai sent this message to Esther to persuade her to risk her life by approaching the King. He suggested that her royal position was divinely orchestrated for the purpose of saving her people.
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