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1. And in that day king Artaxerxes gave to Esther all that belonged to Aman the slanderer: and Mardochaeus was called by the king; for Esther had shewn that he was related to her.
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1. On that H1931 day H3117 did the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 give H5414 H853 the house H1004 of Haman H2001 the Jews H3064 ' enemy H6887 unto Esther H635 the queen H4436 . And Mordecai H4782 came H935 before H6440 the king H4428 ; for H3588 Esther H635 had told H5046 what H4100 he H1931 was unto her.
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2. And the king took the ring which he had taken away from Aman, and gave it to Mardochaeus: and Esther appointed Mardochaeus over all that had been Aman’s.
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2. And the king H4428 took off H5493 H853 his ring H2885 , which H834 he had taken H5674 from Haman H4480 H2001 , and gave H5414 it unto Mordecai H4782 . And Esther H635 set H7760 H853 Mordecai H4782 over H5921 the house H1004 of Haman H2001 .
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3. And she spoke yet again to the king, and fell at his feet, and besought him to do away the mischief of Aman, and all that he had done against the Jews.
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3. And Esther H635 spoke H1696 yet again H3254 before H6440 the king H4428 , and fell down H5307 at H6440 his feet H7272 , and besought H2603 him with tears H1058 to put away H5674 H853 the mischief H7451 of Haman H2001 the Agagite H91 , and his device H4284 that H834 he had devised H2803 against H5921 the Jews H3064 .
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4. Then the king stretched out to Esther the golden sceptre: and Esther arose to stand near the king.
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4. Then the king H4428 held out H3447 H853 the golden H2091 scepter H8275 toward Esther H635 . So Esther H635 arose H6965 , and stood H5975 before H6440 the king H4428 ,
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5. And Esther said, If it seem good to thee, and I have found favour in thy sight, let an order be sent that the letters sent by Aman may be reversed, that were written for the destruction of the Jews, who are in thy kingdom.
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5. And said H559 , If H518 it please H2895 H5921 the king H4428 , and if H518 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in his sight H6440 , and the thing H1697 seem right H3787 before H6440 the king H4428 , and I H589 be pleasing H2895 in his eyes H5869 , let it be written H3789 to reverse H7725 H853 the letters H5612 devised H4284 by Haman H2001 the son H1121 of Hammedatha H4099 the Agagite H91 , which H834 he wrote H3789 to destroy H6 H853 the Jews H3064 which H834 are in all H3605 the king H4428 's provinces H4082 :
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6. For how shall I be able to look upon the affliction of my people, and how shall I be able to survive the destruction of my Gr. country kindred?
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6. For H3588 how H349 can I endure H3201 to see H7200 the evil H7451 that H834 shall come unto H4672 H853 my people H5971 ? or how H349 can I endure H3201 to see H7200 the destruction H13 of my kindred H4138 ?
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7. And the king said to Esther, If I have given and freely granted thee all that was Aman’s, and hanged him on a gallows, because he laid his hands upon the Jews, what dost thou yet further seek?
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7. Then the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 said H559 unto Esther H635 the queen H4436 and to Mordecai H4782 the Jew H3064 , Behold H2009 , I have given H5414 Esther H635 the house H1004 of Haman H2001 , and him they have hanged H8518 upon H5921 the gallows H6086 , because H5921 H834 he laid H7971 his hand H3027 upon the Jews H3064 .
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8. Write ye also in my name, as it seems good to you, and seal it with my ring: for whatever orders are written at the command of the king, and sealed with my ring, it is not Or, possible lawful to gainsay them.
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8. Write H3789 ye H859 also for H5921 the Jews H3064 , as it liketh H2896 H5869 you , in the king H4428 's name H8034 , and seal H2856 it with the king H4428 's ring H2885 : for H3588 the writing H3791 which H834 is written H3789 in the king H4428 's name H8034 , and sealed H2856 with the king H4428 's ring H2885 , may no H369 man reverse H7725 .
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9. So the scribes were called in the first-month, which is Nisan, on the three and twentieth day of the same year; and orders were written to the Jews, whatever the king had commanded to the Gr. stewards local governors and chiefs of the satraps, from India even to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven satraps, according to the several provinces, according to their dialects.
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9. Then were the king H4428 's scribes H5608 called H7121 at that H1931 time H6256 in the third H7992 month H2320 , that H1931 is , the month H2320 Sivan H5510 , on the three H7969 and twentieth H6242 day thereof ; and it was written H3789 according to all H3605 that H834 Mordecai H4782 commanded H6680 unto H413 the Jews H3064 , and to H413 the lieutenants H323 , and the deputies H6346 and rulers H8269 of the provinces H4082 which H834 are from India H4480 H1912 unto H5704 Ethiopia H3568 , a hundred H3967 twenty H6242 and seven H7651 provinces H4082 , unto every province H4082 H4082 according to the writing H3791 thereof , and unto every people H5971 H5971 after their language H3956 , and to H413 the Jews H3064 according to their writing H3791 , and according to their language H3956 .
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10. And they were written by order of the king, and sealed with his ring, and they sent the letters by the posts:
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10. And he wrote H3789 in the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 ' name H8034 , and sealed H2856 it with the king H4428 's ring H2885 , and sent H7971 letters H5612 by H3027 posts H7323 on horseback H5483 , and riders H7392 on mules H7409 , camels H327 , and young H1121 dromedaries H7424 :
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11. wherein he charged them to use their own laws in every city, and to help each other, and to treat their adversaries, and those who attacked them, as they pleased,
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11. Wherein H834 the king H4428 granted H5414 the Jews H3064 which H834 were in every H3605 city H5892 H5892 to gather themselves together H6950 , and to stand H5975 for H5921 their life H5315 , to destroy H8045 , to slay H2026 , and to cause to perish H6 , H853 all H3605 the power H2428 of the people H5971 and province H4082 that would assault H6696 them, both little ones H2945 and women H802 , and to take the spoil H7998 of them for a prey H962 ,
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12. on one day in all the kingdom of Artaxerxes, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is Adar.
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12. Upon one H259 day H3117 in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 , namely , upon the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day of the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320 , which H1931 is the month H2320 Adar H143 .
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13. LXX text not in Heb. has been left out. And let the copies be posted in conspicuous places throughout the kingdom, and let all the Jews be ready against this day, to fight against their enemies.
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13. The copy H6572 of the writing H3791 for a commandment H1881 to be given H5414 in every H3605 province H4082 H4082 was published H1540 unto all H3605 people H5971 , and that the Jews H3064 should be H1961 ready H6264 against that H2088 day H3117 to avenge themselves H5358 on their enemies H4480 H341 .
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14. So the horsemen went forth with haste to perform the king’s commands; and the ordinance was also published in Susa.
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14. So the posts H7323 that rode upon H7392 mules H7409 and camels H327 went out H3318 , being hastened H926 and pressed on H1765 by the king H4428 's commandment H1697 . And the decree H1881 was given H5414 at Shushan H7800 the palace H1002 .
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15. And Mardochaeus went forth robed in the royal apparel, and wearing a golden crown, and a diadem of fine purple linen: and the people in Susa saw it and rejoiced.
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15. And Mordecai H4782 went out H3318 from the presence H4480 H6440 of the king H4428 in royal H4438 apparel H3830 of blue H8504 and white H2353 , and with a great H1419 crown H5850 of gold H2091 , and with a garment H8509 of fine linen H948 and purple H713 : and the city H5892 of Shushan H7800 rejoiced H6670 and was glad H8055 .
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16. And the Jews had light and gladness,
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16. The Jews H3064 had H1961 light H219 , and gladness H8057 , and joy H8342 , and honor H3366 .
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17. in every city and province wherever the ordinance was published: wherever the proclamation took place, the Jews had joy and gladness, feasting and mirth: and many of the Gentiles were circumcised, and became Jews, for fear of the Jews.
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17. And in every H3605 province H4082 H4082 , and in every H3605 city H5892 H5892 , whithersoever H4725 H834 the king H4428 's commandment H1697 and his decree H1881 came H5060 , the Jews H3064 had joy H8057 and gladness H8342 , a feast H4960 and a good H2896 day H3117 . And many H7227 of the people H4480 H5971 of the land H776 became Jews H3054 ; for H3588 the fear H6343 of the Jews H3064 fell H5307 upon H5921 them.
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