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Esther 3 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:1 - After these things, by the order of the king, Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, was lifted up and given a position of honour and a higher place than all the other captains who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:2 - And all the king's servants who were in the king's house went down to the earth before Haman and gave him honour: for so the king had given orders. But Mordecai did not go down before him or give him honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:3 - Then the king's servants who were in the king's house said to Mordecai, Why do you go against the king's order?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:4 - Now when they had said this to him day after day and he gave no attention, they let Haman have news of it, to see if Mordecai's behaviour would be overlooked: for he had said to them that he was a Jew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:5 - And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not go down before him and give him honour, Haman was full of wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - But it was not enough for him to make an attack on Mordecai only; for they had made clear to him who Mordecai's people were; so Haman made it his purpose to put an end to all the Jews, even Mordecai's people, through all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:7 - In the first month, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, from day to day and from month to month they went on looking for a sign given by Pur (that is chance) before Haman, till the sign came out for the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain nation living here and there in small groups among the people in all the divisions of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of any other nation, and they do not keep the king's laws: for this reason it is not right for the king to let them be.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:9 - If it is the king's pleasure, let a statement ordering their destruction be put in writing: and I will give to those responsible for the king's business, ten thousand talents of silver for the king's store-house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:10 - And the king took his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:11 - And the king said to Haman, The money is yours, and the people, to do with them whatever seems right to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:12 - Then on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king's scribes were sent for, and they put in writing Haman's orders to all the king's captains and the rulers of every division of his kingdom and the chiefs of every people: for every division of the kingdom in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs; it was signed in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with the king's ring.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - And letters were sent by the runners into every division of the kingdom ordering the death and destruction of all Jews, young and old, little children and women, on the same day, even the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar, and the taking of all their goods by force.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:14 - A copy of the writing, to be made public in every part of the kingdom, was sent out to all the peoples, so that they might be ready when that day came.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 3:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - The runners went out quickly by the king's order, and a public statement was made in Shushan: and the king and Haman took wine together: but the town of Shushan was troubled.
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Esther Chapter 3 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras