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  9:1 ¶
For in the twelfth month, on the thirteenth day of the month which is Adar, the letters written by the king arrived. |
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9:1 ¶
Now in the twelfth°°
month,°
that°
[is], the month°
Adar,°
on the thirteenth°°
day°
of the same, when°
the king's°
commandment°
and his decree°
drew near°°
to be put in execution,°°
in the day°
that°
the enemies°°
of the Jews°
hoped°°
to have power°°
over them, (though it°
was turned°°
to the contrary,°
that°
the Jews°
had rule°°
over°
them°
that hated°°
them;) |
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9:2
In that day the adversaries of the Jews perished: for no one resisted, through fear of them. |
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9:2
The Jews°
gathered themselves together°°
in their cities°
throughout all°
the provinces°
of the king°
Ahasuerus,°
to lay°°
hand°
on such as sought°°
their hurt:°
and no°
man°
could withstand°°
them;°
for°
the fear°
of them fell°°
upon°
all°
people.° |
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9:3
For the chiefs of the satraps, and the princes and the royal scribes, honoured the Jews; for the fear of Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus} lay upon them. |
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9:3
And all°
the rulers°
of the provinces,°
and the lieutenants,°
and the deputies,°
and officers°°°
of°
the king,°
helped°°°
the Jews;°
because°
the fear°
of Mordecai°
fell°°
upon°
them. |
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9:4
For the order of the king was in force, that he should be celebrated in all the kingdom. |
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9:4
For°
Mordecai°
[was] great°
in the king's°
house,°
and his fame°
went out°°
throughout all°
the provinces:°
for°
this man°
Mordecai°
waxed°°
greater and greater.° |
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9:5
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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9:5
Thus the Jews°
smote°°
all°
their enemies°°
with the stroke°
of the sword,°
and slaughter,°
and destruction,°
and did°°
what they would°
unto those that hated°°
them. |
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9:6
And in the city Shushan{gr.Susa} the Jews slew five hundred men: |
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9:6
And in Shushan°
the palace°
the Jews°
slew°°
and destroyed°°
five°
hundred°
men.° |
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9:7
both Pharsannes, and Delphon and Phasga, |
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9:7
And Parshandatha,°
and Dalphon,°
and Aspatha,° |
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9:8
and Pharadatha, and Barea, and Sarbaca, |
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9:8
And Poratha,°
and Adalia,°
and Aridatha,° |
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9:9
and Marmasima, and Ruphaeus, and Arsaeus, and Zabuthaeus, |
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9:9
And Parmashta,°
and Arisai,°
and Aridai,°
and Vajezatha,° |
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9:10
the ten sons of Haman{gr.Aman} the son of Amadathes the Bugaean, the enemy of the Jews, and they plundered [their property] on the same day: |
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9:10
The ten°
sons°
of Haman°
the son°
of Hammedatha,°
the enemy°°
of the Jews,°
slew°°
they; but on the spoil°
laid°°
they not°°
their hand.° |
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9:11
and the number of them that perished in Shushan{gr.Susa} was rendered to the king. |
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9:11
On that°
day°
the number°
of those that were slain°°
in Shushan°
the palace°
was brought°°
before°
the king.° |
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9:12 ¶
And the king said to Esther, The Jews have slain five hundred men in the city Shushan{gr.Susa}; and how, thinkest thou, have they used them in the rest of the country? What then dost thou yet ask, that it may be [done] for thee? |
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9:12 ¶
And the king°
said°°
unto Esther°
the queen,°
The Jews°
have slain°°
and destroyed°°
five°
hundred°
men°
in Shushan°
the palace,°
and the ten°
sons°
of Haman;°
what°
have they done°°
in the rest°
of the king's°
provinces?°
now what°
[is] thy petition?°
and it shall be granted°°
thee: or what°
[is] thy request°
further?°
and it shall be done.°° |
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9:13
And Esther said to the king, let it be granted to the Jews so to treat them tomorrow as to hand the ten sons of Haman{gr.Aman}. |
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9:13
Then said°°
Esther,°
If°
it please°°°
the king,°
let it be granted°°
to the Jews°
which°
[are] in Shushan°
to do°°
to morrow°
also°
according unto this day's°
decree,°
and let Haman's°
ten°
sons°
be hanged°°
upon°
the gallows.° |
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9:14
And he permitted it to be so done; and he gave up to the Jews of the city the bodies of the sons of Haman{gr.Aman} to hang. |
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9:14
And the king°
commanded°°
it so°
to be done:°°
and the decree°
was given°°
at Shushan;°
and they hanged°°
Haman's°
ten°
sons.° |
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9:15
And the Jews assembled in Shushan{gr.Susa} on the fourteenth [day] of Adar, and slew three hundred men, but plundered no property. |
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9:15
For the Jews°
that°
[were] in Shushan°
gathered themselves together°°
on the fourteenth°°
day°
also°
of the month°
Adar,°
and slew°°
three°
hundred°
men°
at Shushan;°
but on the prey°
they laid°°
not°°
their hand.° |
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9:16
And the rest of the Jews who were in the kingdom assembled, and helped one another, and obtained rest from their enemies: for they destroyed fifteen thousand of them on the thirteenth [day] of Adar, but took no spoil. |
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9:16
But the other°
Jews°
that°
[were] in the king's°
provinces°
gathered themselves together,°°
and stood°°
for°
their lives,°
and had rest°°
from their enemies,°°°
and slew°°
of their foes°°
seventy°
and five°
thousand,°
but they laid°°
not°°
their hands°
on the prey,° |
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9:17
And they rested on the fourteenth of the same month, and kept it as a day of rest with joy and gladness. |
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9:17
On the thirteenth°°
day°
of the month°
Adar;°
and on the fourteenth°°
day of the same rested°°
they, and made°°
it a day°
of feasting°
and gladness.° |
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9:18
And the Jews in the city Shushan{gr.Susa} assembled also on the fourteenth [day] and rested; and they kept also the fifteenth with joy and gladness. |
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9:18
But the Jews°
that°
[were] at Shushan°
assembled together°°
on the thirteenth°°
[day] thereof, and on the fourteenth°°
thereof; and on the fifteenth°°
[day] of the same they rested,°°
and made°°
it a day°
of feasting°
and gladness.° |
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9:19
On this account then [it is that] the Jews dispersed in every foreign land keep the fourteenth of Adar [as] a holy day with joy, sending portions each to his neighbour. |
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9:19
Therefore°°
the Jews°
of the villages,°
that dwelt°°
in the unwalled°
towns,°
made°°°
the fourteenth°°
day°
of the month°
Adar°
[a day of] gladness°
and feasting,°
and a good°
day,°
and of sending°
portions°
one°
to another.° |
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9:20 ¶
And Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus} wrote these things in a book, and sent them to the Jews, as many as were in the kingdom of Artaxerxes, both them that were near and them that were afar off, |
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9:20 ¶
And Mordecai°
wrote°°°
these°
things,°
and sent°°
letters°
unto°
all°
the Jews°
that°
[were] in all°
the provinces°
of the king°
Ahasuerus,°
[both] nigh°
and far,° |
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9:21
to establish these [as] joyful days, and to keep the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar; |
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9:21
To stablish°°
[this] among°
them, that they should°
keep°°°
the fourteenth°°
day°
of the month°
Adar,°
and the fifteenth°°
day°
of the same, yearly,°° |
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9:22
for on these days the Jews obtained rest from their enemies; and [as to] the month, which was Adar, in which a change was made for them, from mourning to joy, and from sorrow to a good day, to spend the whole of it [in] good days of feasting and gladness, sending portions to their friends, and to the poor. |
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9:22
As the days°
wherein°
the Jews°
rested°°
from their enemies,°°°
and the month°
which°
was turned°°
unto them from sorrow°°
to joy,°
and from mourning°°
into a good°
day:°
that they should make°°
them days°
of feasting°
and joy,°
and of sending°
portions°
one°
to another,°
and gifts°
to the poor.° |
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9:23
And the Jews consented [to this] accordingly as Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus} wrote to them, |
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9:23
And the Jews°
undertook°°
to do°°°
as°
they had begun,°°
and as°
Mordecai°
had written°°
unto°
them; |
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9:24
[shewing] how Haman{gr.Aman} the son of Amadathes the Macedonian fought against them, how he made a decree and cast lots to destroy them utterly; |
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9:24
Because°
Haman°
the son°
of Hammedatha,°
the Agagite,°
the enemy°°
of all°
the Jews,°
had devised°°
against°
the Jews°
to destroy°°
them, and had cast°°
Pur,°
that°
[is], the lot,°
to consume°°
them, and to destroy°°
them; |
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9:25
also how he went in to the king, telling [him] to hang Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus}: but all the calamities he tried to bring upon the Jews came upon himself, and he was hanged, and his children. |
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9:25
But when [Esther] came°°
before°
the king,°
he commanded°°
by°
letters°
that his wicked°
device,°
which°
he devised°°
against°
the Jews,°
should return°°
upon°
his own head,°
and that he and his sons°
should be hanged°°
on°
the gallows.° |
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9:26
Therefore these days were called Purim{gr.Phrurae}, because of the lots; (for in their language they are called Purim{gr.Phrurae};) because of the words of this letter, and [because of] all they suffered on this account, and all that happened to them. |
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9:26
Wherefore°°
they called°°
these°
days°
Purim°
after°
the name°
of Pur.°
Therefore°°
for°
all°
the words°
of this°
letter,°
and [of that] which°
they had seen°°
concerning°
this matter,°
and which°
had come°°
unto°
them, |
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9:27
And [Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus}] established it, and the Jews took upon themselves, and upon their seed, and upon those that were joined to them [to observe it], neither would they on any account behave differently: but these days [were to be] a memorial kept in every generation, and city, and family, and province. |
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9:27
The Jews°
ordained,°°
and took°°
upon°
them, and upon°
their seed,°
and upon°
all°
such as joined°°
themselves°
unto°
them, so as it should not°
fail,°°
that they would keep°°°
these°
two°
days°
according to their writing,°
and according to their [appointed]°
time°
every°
year;° |
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9:28
And these days of the Purim{gr.Phrurae}, [said they], shall be kept for ever, and their memorial shall not fail in any generation. |
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9:28
And [that] these°
days°
[should be] remembered°°
and kept°°
throughout°
every°
generation,°
every family,°
every province,°
and every city;°
and [that] these°
days°
of Purim°
should not°
fail°°
from among°°
the Jews,°
nor°
the memorial°
of them perish°°
from their seed.°° |
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9:29
And queen Esther, the daughter of Amminadab{gr.Aminadab}, and Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus} the Jew, wrote all that they had done, and the confirmation of the letter of Purim{gr.Phrurae}. |
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9:29
Then Esther°
the queen,°
the daughter°
of Abihail,°
and Mordecai°
the Jew,°
wrote°°
with°
all°
authority,°
to confirm°°°
this°
second°
letter°
of Purim.° |
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9:30
[Absent from Manuscript] |
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9:30
And he sent°°
the letters°
unto°
all°
the Jews,°
to°
the hundred°
twenty°
and seven°
provinces°
of the kingdom°
of Ahasuerus,°
[with] words°
of peace°
and truth,° |
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9:31
And Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus} and Esther the queen appointed [a fast] for themselves privately, even at that time also having formed their plan against their own health. |
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9:31
To confirm°°°
these°
days°
of Purim°
in their times°
[appointed], according as°
Mordecai°
the Jew°
and Esther°
the queen°
had enjoined°°°
them, and as°
they had decreed°°
for°
themselves°
and for°
their seed,°
the matters°
of the fastings°
and their cry.° |
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9:32
And Esther established it by a command for ever, and it was written for a memorial. |
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9:32
And the decree°
of Esther°
confirmed°°
these°
matters°
of Purim;°
and it was written°°
in the book.° |
