- and to take the spoil:
- "And the lettersª were sentª° byª postsª° into¹ all¹ the king'sª provinces,ª to destroy,ª° to kill,ª° and to cause to perish,ª°¹ all¹ Jews,ª both youngª¹ and¹ old,ª little childrenª and women,ª in oneª day,ª [even] upon the thirteenthªª [day] of the twelfthªª month,ª which¹ is the monthª Adar,ª and [to take] the spoilª of them for a prey.ª°" {Est 3:13} + "The tenª sonsª of Hamanª the sonª of Hammedatha,ª the enemyª° of the Jews,ª slewª° they; but on the spoilª laidª° they not¹¹ their hand.ª" {Est 9:10} + "For the Jewsª that¹ [were] in Shushanª gathered themselves togetherª° on the fourteenthªª dayª also¹ of the monthª Adar,ª and slewª° threeª hundredª menª at Shushan;ª but on the preyª they laidª° not¹¹ their hand.ª ... But the otherª Jewsª that¹ [were] in the king'sª provincesª gathered themselves together,ª° and stoodª° for¹ their lives,ª and had rest²¹ from their enemies,ª°¹ and slewª° of their foesª° seventyª and fiveª thousand,ª but they laidª° not¹¹ their handsª on the prey,ª" {Est 9:15-16} + "I will sendª° him against an hypocriticalª nation,ª and against¹ the peopleª of my wrathª will I give him a charge,ª° to takeª° the spoil,ª and to takeª° the prey,ª and to tread them downª²° like the mireª of the streets.ª" {Isa 10:6}
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