Parallel ESG 1:8

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BrLXX Ὁ δὲ πότος οὗτος οὐ κατὰ προκείμενον νόμον ἐγένετο· οὕτως δὲ ἠθέλησεν ὁ βασιλεὺς, καὶ ἐπέταξε τοῖς οἰκονόμοις ποιῆσαι τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων.
(Ho de potos houtos ou kata prokeimenon nomon egeneto; houtōs de aʸthelaʸsen ho basileus, kai epetaxe tois oikonomois poiaʸsai to thelaʸma autou, kai tōn anthrōpōn. )

BrTr And this banquet was not according to the appointed law; but so the king would have it: and he charged the stewards to perform his will and that of the company.

WEBBE This banquet was not according to the appointed law, but as the king desired to have it. He charged the stewards to perform his will and that of the company.

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