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Now in the twelfth[H8147]month[H2320], that is, the month[H2320]Adar[H143], on the thirteenth[H7969]day[H3117] of the same, when the king's commandment[H1697] and his decree[H1881] drew near[H5060] to be put in execution[H6213], in the day[H3117] that the enemies[H341] of the Jews[H3064]hoped[H7663] to have power[H7980] over them,(though it was turned[H2015] to the contrary, that the Jews[H3064] had rule[H7980] over them that hated[H8130] them;)
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The Jews[H3064] gathered themselves together[H6950] in their cities[H5892] throughout all the provinces[H4082] of the king[H4428]Ahasuerus[H325], to lay[H7971]hand[H3027] on such as sought[H1245] their hurt[H7451]: and no man[H376] could withstand[H5975]them[H6440]; for the fear[H6343] of them[H6440]fell[H5307] upon all people[H5971].
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And all the rulers[H8269] of the provinces[H4082], and the lieutenants[H323], and the deputies[H6346], and officers[H6213] of the king[H4428], helped[H5375] the Jews[H3064]; because the fear[H6343] of Mordecai[H4782]fell[H5307] upon them.
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For Mordecai[H4782] was great[H1419] in the king's house[H1004], and his fame[H8089] went out[H1980] throughout all the provinces[H4082]: for this man[H376]Mordecai[H4782]waxed[H1980]greater[H1419] and greater[H1419].
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Thus the Jews[H3064]smote[H5221] all their enemies[H341] with the stroke[H4347] of the sword[H2719], and slaughter[H2027], and destruction[H12], and did[H6213] what they would[H7522] unto those that hated[H8130] them.
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And in Shushan[H7800] the palace[H1002] the Jews[H3064]slew[H2026] and destroyed[H6]five[H2568]hundred[H3967]men[H376].
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And Parshandatha[H6577], and Dalphon[H1813], and Aspatha[H630],
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And Poratha[H6334], and Adalia[H118], and Aridatha[H743],
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And Parmashta[H6534], and Arisai[H747], and Aridai[H742], and Vajezatha[H2055],
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The ten[H6235]sons[H1121] of Haman[H2001] the son[H1121] of Hammedatha[H4099], the enemy[H6887] of the Jews[H3064], slew[H2026] they; but on the spoil[H961]laid[H7971] they not their hand[H3027].
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On that day[H3117] the number[H4557] of those that were slain[H2026] in Shushan[H7800] the palace[H1002] was brought[H935]before[H6440] the king[H4428].
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And the king[H4428]said[H559] unto Esther[H635] the queen[H4436], The Jews[H3064] have slain[H2026] and destroyed[H6]five[H2568]hundred[H3967]men[H376] in Shushan[H7800] the palace[H1002], and the ten[H6235]sons[H1121] of Haman[H2001]; what have they done[H6213] in the rest[H7605] of the king[H4428]'s provinces?[H4082] now what is thy petition?[H7596] and it shall be granted[H5414] thee: or what is thy request[H1246]further?[H5750] and it shall be done[H6213].
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Then said[H559]Esther[H635], If it please[H2896] the king[H4428], let it be granted[H5414] to the Jews[H3064] which are in Shushan[H7800] to do[H6213] to morrow[H4279] also according unto this day's decree[H1881], and let Haman's ten[H6235]sons[H1121] be hanged[H8518] upon the gallows[H6086].
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And the king[H4428]commanded[H559] it so to be done[H6213]: and the decree[H1881] was given[H5414] at Shushan[H7800]; and they hanged[H8518] Haman's ten[H6235]sons[H1121].
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For the Jews[H3064] that were in Shushan[H7800] gathered themselves together[H6950] on the fourteenth[H702]day[H3117] also of the month[H2320]Adar[H143], and slew[H2026]three[H7969]hundred[H3967]men[H376] at Shushan[H7800]; but on the prey[H961] they laid[H7971] not their hand[H3027].
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But the other[H7605]Jews[H3064] that were in the king's provinces[H4082] gathered themselves together[H6950], and stood[H5975] for their lives[H5315], and had rest[H5118] from their enemies[H341], and slew[H2026] of their foes[H8130]seventy[H7657] and five[H2568]thousand[H505], but they laid[H7971] not their hands[H3027] on the prey[H961],
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On the thirteenth[H7969]day[H3117] of the month[H2320]Adar[H143]; and on the fourteenth[H702]day[H3117] of the same rested[H5118] they, and made[H6213] it a day[H3117] of feasting[H4960] and gladness[H8057].
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But the Jews[H3064] that were at Shushan[H7800] assembled together[H6950] on the thirteenth[H7969]day[H3117] thereof, and on the fourteenth[H702] thereof; and on the fifteenth[H2568]day[H3117] of the same they rested[H5118], and made[H6213] it a day[H3117] of feasting[H4960] and gladness[H8057].
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Therefore the Jews[H3064] of the villages[H6521], that dwelt[H3427] in the unwalled[H6519]towns[H5892], made[H6213] the fourteenth[H702]day[H3117] of the month[H2320]Adar[H143] a day[H3117] of gladness[H8057] and feasting[H4960], and a good[H2896]day[H3117], and of sending[H4916]portions[H4490]one[H376] to another[H7453].
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And Mordecai[H4782]wrote[H3789] these things[H1697], and sent[H7971]letters[H5612] unto all the Jews[H3064] that were in all the provinces[H4082] of the king[H4428]Ahasuerus[H325], both nigh[H7138] and far[H7350],
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To stablish[H6965] this among them, that they should keep[H6213] the fourteenth[H702]day[H3117] of the month[H2320]Adar[H143], and the fifteenth[H2568]day[H3117] of the same, yearly[H8141],
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As the days[H3117] wherein the Jews[H3064]rested[H5117] from their enemies[H341], and the month[H2320] which was turned[H2015] unto them from sorrow[H3015] to joy[H8057], and from mourning[H60] into a good[H2896]day[H3117]: that they should make[H6213] them days[H3117] of feasting[H4960] and joy[H8057], and of sending[H4916]portions[H4490]one[H376] to another[H7453], and gifts[H4979] to the poor[H34].
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And the Jews[H3064]undertook[H6901] to do[H6213] as they had begun[H2490], and as Mordecai[H4782] had written[H3789] unto them;
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Because Haman[H2001] the son[H1121] of Hammedatha[H4099], the Agagite[H91], the enemy[H6887] of all the Jews[H3064], had devised[H2803] against the Jews[H3064] to destroy[H6] them, and had cast[H5307]Pur[H6332], that is, the lot[H1486], to consume[H2000] them, and to destroy[H6] them;
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But when Esther came[H935]before[H6440] the king[H4428], he commanded[H559] by letters[H5612] that his wicked[H7451]device[H4284], which he devised[H2803] against the Jews[H3064], should return[H7725] upon his own head[H7218], and that he and his sons[H1121] should be hanged[H8518] on the gallows[H6086].
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Wherefore they called[H7121] these days[H3117]Purim[H6332] after the name[H8034] of Pur[H6332]. Therefore for all the words[H1697] of this letter[H107], and of that which they had seen[H7200] concerning this matter[H3602], and which had come[H5060] unto them,
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The Jews[H3064]ordained[H6965], and took[H6901] upon them, and upon their seed[H2233], and upon all such as joined[H3867] themselves unto them, so as it should not fail[H5674], that they would keep[H6213] these two[H8147]days[H3117] according to their writing[H3791], and according to their appointed time[H2165] every year[H8141];
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And that these days[H3117] should be remembered[H2142] and kept[H6213]throughout[H1755] every generation[H1755], every family[H4940], every province[H4082], and every city[H5892]; and that these days[H3117] of Purim[H6332] should not fail[H5674] from among[H8432] the Jews[H3064], nor the memorial[H2143] of them perish[H5486] from their seed[H2233].
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Then Esther[H635] the queen[H4436], the daughter[H1323] of Abihail[H32], and Mordecai[H4782] the Jew[H3064], wrote[H3789] with all authority[H8633], to confirm[H6965] this second[H8145]letter[H107] of Purim[H6332].
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And he sent[H7971] the letters[H5612] unto all the Jews[H3064], to the hundred[H3967]twenty[H6242] and seven[H7651]provinces[H4082] of the kingdom[H4438] of Ahasuerus[H325], with words[H1697] of peace[H7965] and truth[H571],
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To confirm[H6965] these days[H3117] of Purim[H6332] in their times[H2165] appointed, according as Mordecai[H4782] the Jew[H3064] and Esther[H635] the queen[H4436] had enjoined[H6965] them, and as they had decreed[H6965] for themselves[H5315] and for their seed[H2233], the matters[H1697] of the fastings[H6685] and their cry[H2201].
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And the decree[H3982] of Esther[H635]confirmed[H6965] these matters[H1697] of Purim[H6332]; and it was written[H3789] in the book[H5612].