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MT note at the end of Esther

I see that after the text, there is a short note at the end of each book, what do these notes say?

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"סכום הפסוקים של ספר קסז וחציו ותען אסתר ותאמר וסדרים ה"

Translation: The total [number] of verses of [this] book [are] 167 and its mid-point (in verse count) [is the verse] "Esther replied and said" [Esther 5:7] and it has five sedarim.

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