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1 # On that day <03117> did the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> give <05414> (8804) the house <01004> of Haman <02001> the Jews <03064>' enemy <06887> (8802) unto Esther <0635> the queen <04436>. And Mordecai <04782> came <0935> (8804) before <06440> the king <04428>; for Esther <0635> had told <05046> (8689) what he was unto her.
2 And the king <04428> took off <05493> (8686) his ring <02885>, which he had taken <05674> (8689) from Haman <02001>, and gave <05414> (8799) it unto Mordecai <04782>. And Esther <0635> set <07760> (8799) Mordecai <04782> over the house <01004> of Haman <02001>.
3 # And Esther <0635> spake <01696> (8762) yet again <03254> (8686) before <06440> the king <04428> , and fell down <05307> (8799) at <06440> his feet <07272>, and besought <02603> (8691) him with tears <01058> (8799) to put away <05674> (8687) the mischief <07451> of Haman <02001> the Agagite <091>, and his device <04284> that he had devised <02803> (8804) against the Jews <03064>.
4 Then the king <04428> held out <03447> (8686) the golden <02091> sceptre <08275> toward Esther <0635> . So Esther <0635> arose <06965> (8799), and stood <05975> (8799) before <06440> the king <04428>,
5 And said <0559> (8799), If it please <02896> the king <04428>, and if I have found <04672> (8804) favour <02580> in his sight <06440>, and the thing <01697> seem right <03787> (8804) before <06440> the king <04428> , and I be pleasing <02896> in his eyes <05869>, let it be written <03789> (8735) to reverse <07725> (8687) the letters <05612> devised <04284> by Haman <02001> the son <01121> of Hammedatha <04099> the Agagite <091>, which he wrote <03789> (8804) to destroy <06> (8763) the Jews <03064> which are in all the king's <04428> provinces <04082> :
6 For how <0349> can I endure <03201> (8799) to see <07200> (8804) the evil <07451> that shall come <04672> (8799) unto my people <05971>? or how <0349> can I endure <03201> (8799) to see <07200> (8804) the destruction <013> of my kindred <04138>?
7 Then the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> said <0559> (8799) unto Esther <0635> the queen <04436> and to Mordecai <04782> the Jew <03064>, Behold, I have given <05414> (8804) Esther <0635> the house <01004> of Haman <02001> , and him they have hanged <08518> (8804) upon the gallows <06086>, because he laid <07971> (8804) his hand <03027> upon the Jews <03064>.
8 Write <03789> (8798) ye also for the Jews <03064>, as it liketh <02896> you <05869>, in the king's <04428> name <08034>, and seal <02856> (8798) it with the king's <04428> ring <02885>: for the writing <03791> which is written <03789> (8737) in the king's <04428> name <08034>, and sealed <02856> (8737) with the king's <04428> ring <02885>, may no man reverse <07725> (8687).
9 Then were the king's <04428> scribes <05608> (8802) called <07121> (8735) at that time <06256> in the third <07992> month <02320>, that is, the month <02320> Sivan <05510>, on the three <07969> and twentieth <06242> day thereof; and it was written <03789> (8735) according to all that Mordecai <04782> commanded <06680> (8765) unto the Jews <03064>, and to the lieutenants <0323>, and the deputies <06346> and rulers <08269> of the provinces <04082> which are from India <01912> unto Ethiopia <03568>, an hundred <03967> twenty <06242> and seven <07651> provinces <04082>, unto every province <04082> according to the writing <03791> thereof, and unto every people <05971> after their language <03956>, and to the Jews <03064> according to their writing <03791>, and according to their language <03956>.
10 And he wrote <03789> (8799) in the king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>' name <08034>, and sealed <02856> (8799) it with the king's <04428> ring <02885>, and sent <07971> (8799) letters <05612> by <03027> posts <07323> (8801) on horseback <05483>, and riders <07392> (8802) on mules <07409>, camels <0327>, and young <01121> dromedaries <07424>:
11 Wherein the king <04428> granted <05414> (8804) the Jews <03064> which were in every city <05892> to gather themselves together <06950> (8736), and to stand <05975> (8800) for their life <05315>, to destroy <08045> (8687) , to slay <02026> (8800), and to cause to perish <06> (8763), all the power <02428> of the people <05971> and province <04082> that would assault <06696> (8802) them, both little ones <02945> and women <0802>, and to take the spoil <07998> of them for a prey <0962> (8800),
12 Upon one <0259> day <03117> in all the provinces <04082> of king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, namely, upon the thirteenth <07969> <06240> day of the twelfth <08147> <06240> month <02320>, which is the month <02320> Adar <0143>.
13 The copy <06572> of the writing <03791> for a commandment <01881> to be given <05414> (8736) in every province <04082> was published <01540> (8803) unto all people <05971>, and that the Jews <03064> should be ready <06264> (8675) <06259> against that day <03117> to avenge <05358> (8736) themselves on their enemies <0341> (8802).
14 So the posts <07323> (8801) that rode <07392> (8802) upon mules <07409> and camels <0327> went out <03318> (8804), being hastened <0926> (8794) and pressed on <01765> (8803) by the king's <04428> commandment <01697>. And the decree <01881> was given <05414> (8738) at Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>.
15 # And Mordecai <04782> went out <03318> (8804) from the presence <06440> of the king <04428> in royal <04438> apparel <03830> of blue <08504> and white <02353>, and with a great <01419> crown <05850> of gold <02091>, and with a garment <08509> of fine linen <0948> and purple <0713>: and the city <05892> of Shushan <07800> rejoiced <06670> (8804) and was glad <08056>.
16 The Jews <03064> had light <0219>, and gladness <08057>, and joy <08342>, and honour <03366>.
17 And in every province <04082>, and in every city <05892>, whithersoever <04725> the king's <04428> commandment <01697> and his decree <01881> came <05060> (8688), the Jews <03064> had joy <08057> and gladness <08342>, a feast <04960> and a good <02896> day <03117>. And many <07227> of the people <05971> of the land <0776> became Jews <03054> (8693); for the fear <06343> of the Jews <03064> fell <05307> (8804) upon them.