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Esther 3 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Haman Seeks to Destroy the Jews

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After these things, King Ahasuerus magnified Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:2 - And all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate were bowing down and prostrating themselves before Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai would not bow down or prostrate himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:3 - So the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you trespass against the king’s command?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:4 - Now it happened when they had spoken daily to him and he would not listen to them, that they told Haman to see whether Mordecai’s words would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:5 - Then Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing down or prostrating himself before him. So Haman was filled with wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - But he despised in his eyes to send forth his hand against Mordecai alone, for they had told him who the people of Mordecai were; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.

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In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, [fn]Pur, that is the lot, was cast before Haman from day to day and from month to month, [fn]until the twelfth month, that is the month Adar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and separated among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people, and they do not do the king’s laws, so it is not worth it for the king to let them remain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:9 - “If it seems good to the king, let it be written down that they should perish, and I will pay [fn]10,000 talents of silver into the hands of those who do this work, to bring into the king’s treasuries.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:10 - Then the king removed his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the adversary of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:11 - And the king said to Haman, “The silver is [fn]yours, and the people also, to do with them according to what is good in your eyes.”

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Then the king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and it was written just as Haman commanded to the king’s satraps, to the governors who were over each province, and to the princes of each people, each province according to its script, each people according to its tongue, being written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s signet ring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - And letters were sent by the hand of couriers to all the king’s provinces to destroy, to kill, and to cause all the Jews to perish, both young and old, little ones and women, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder their spoil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:14 - A copy of that which was written down to be given as law in every province was revealed to all the peoples so that they should be ready for this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - The couriers went out, hastened by the word of the king. And the law was given at the citadel in Susa. Now the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.
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Lit he cast Pur...before
Gr and the lot fell on the thirteenth day of
Approx. 375 tons or 340 metric tons, a talent was approx. 75 lb. or 34 kg
Lit given to you
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Esther Chapter 3 — Additional Translations:

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