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Esther 8 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Mordecai Promoted

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On that day H3117 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 gave H5414 the house H1004 of Haman H2001, the enemy H6887 of the Jews H3064, to Queen H4436 Esther H635; and Mordecai H4782 came H935 before H6440 the king H4428, because H3588 Esther H635 had disclosed H5046 what H4100 he was to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:2 - Then the king H4428 took H5493 off H5493 his signet H2885 ring H2885, which H834 he had taken H5674 away H5674 from Haman H2001, and gave H5414 it to Mordecai H4782. And Esther H635 set H7760 Mordecai H4782 over H5921 the house H1004 of Haman H2001.

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Then Esther H635 spoke H1696 again H3254 [fn]to the king H4428, fell H5307 at his feet H7272, wept H1058, and pleaded H2603 for H2603 his compassion H2603 to avert H5674 the evil H7451 scheme of Haman H2001 the Agagite H91 and his plot H4284 which H834 he had devised H2803 against H5921 the Jews H3064.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:4 - And the king H4428 extended H3447 the golden H2091 scepter H8275 to Esther H635. So Esther H635 got H6965 up H6965 and stood H5975 before H6440 the king H4428.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:5 - Then she said H559, “If H518 it pleases H5921 H2895 the king H4428 and if H518 I have found H4672 favor H2580 before H6440 him, and the matter H1697 seems proper H3787 to the king H4428 and I am pleasing H2896 in his sight H5869, let it be written H3789 to revoke H7725 the letters H5612 devised H4284 by Haman H2001, the son H1121 of Hammedatha H4099 the Agagite H91, which H834 he wrote H3789 to eliminate H6 the Jews H3064 who H834 are in all H3605 the king’s H4428 provinces H4082.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:6 - “For how H349 can I endure H3201 to see H7200 the disaster H7451 which H834 will happen H4672 to H4672 my people H5971, and how H349 can I endure H3201 to see H7200 the destruction H12 of my kindred H4138?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:7 - So King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 said H559 to Queen H4436 Esther H635 and to Mordecai H4782 the Jew H3064, “Behold H2009, I have given H5414 the house H1004 of Haman H2001 to Esther H635, and they have hanged H8518 him on the wooden H6086 gallows because H5921 H834 he had reached H7971 out H7971 with his hand H3027 against the Jews H3064.

The King’s Decree Avenges the Jews

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:8 - “Now you write H3789 to the Jews H3064 [fn]as you see H5869 fit H2896, in the king’s H4428 name H8034, and seal H2856 it with the king’s H4428 signet H2885 ring H2885; for a decree H3791 which H834 is written H3789 in the name H8034 of the king H4428 and sealed H2856 with the king’s H4428 signet H2885 ring H2885 may not be revoked H7725.”

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So the king’s H4428 scribes H5608 were summoned H7121 at that time H6256 in the third H7992 month H2320 (that is, the month H2320 Sivan H5510), on the twenty-third H6242 H7969 [fn]day; and it was written H3789 in accordance with everything H3605 that Mordecai H4782 commanded H6680 the Jews H3064, the satraps H323, the governors H6346, and the officials H8269 of the provinces H4082 which H834 extended from India H1912 to [fn]Cush H3568, 127 H7651 H6242 H3967 provinces H4082, to every H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791, and to every H5971 people H5971 according to their language H3956, as well as to the Jews H3064 according to their script H3791 and their language H3956.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:10 - He wrote H3789 in the name H8034 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, and sealed H2856 it with the king’s H4428 signet H2885 ring H2885, and sent H7971 letters H5612 by couriers H7323 on horses H5483, riding H7392 on royal H327 relay H7409 horses H7409, offspring H1121 of racing H7424 mares H7424.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:11 - [fn]In the letters the king H4428 granted H5414 the Jews H3064 who H834 were in each H5892 and every H3605 city H5892 the right to assemble H6950 and to defend H5975 their lives H5315, to destroy H8045, kill H2026, and eliminate H6 the entire H3605 army H2428 of any people H5971 or province H4082 which was going to attack H6696 them, including children H2945 and women H802, and to plunder H962 their spoils H7998,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:12 - on one H259 day H3117 in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day of the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320 (that is, the month H2320 Adar H143).

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:13 - A copy H6572 of the edict H3791 to be [fn]issued H5414 as law H1881 in each H4082 and every H3605 province H4082 was published H1540 to all H3605 the peoples H5971, so that the Jews H3064 would be ready H6264 for this H2088 day H3117 to avenge H5358 themselves on their enemies H340.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:14 - The couriers H7323, hurrying H926 and speeded H1765 by the king’s H4428 command H1697, left H3318, riding H7392 on the royal H327 relay H7409 horses H7409; and the decree H1881 was issued H5414 at the citadel H1002 in Susa H7800.

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Then Mordecai H4782 went H3318 out H3318 from the presence H6440 of the king H4428 in a royal H4438 robe H3830 of violet H8504 and white H2353, with a large H1419 crown H5850 of gold H2091 and a garment H8509 of fine H948 linen H948 and purple H713; and the city H5892 of Susa H7800 shouted H6670 and rejoiced H8055.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:16 - For the Jews H3064 there was light H219, joy H8057, jubilation H8342, and honor H3366.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - In each H4082 and every H3605 province H4082 and in each H5892 and every H3605 city H5892, wherever H4725 H834 the king’s H4428 commandment H1697 and his decree H1881 arrived H5060, there was joy H8057 and jubilation H8342 for the Jews H3064, a feast H4960 and a [fn]holiday H2896 H3117. And many H7227 among H4480 the peoples H5971 of the land H776 [fn]became H3054 Jews H3054, because H3588 the dread H6343 of the Jews H3064 had fallen H5307 on them.
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Esther Chapter 8 — Additional Translations:

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