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1. After these things happened, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite. The king promoted Haman and gave him a place of honor more important than any of the other leaders.
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1. After H310 these H428 things H1697 did king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 promote H1431 H853 Haman H2001 the son H1121 of Hammedatha H4099 the Agagite H91 , and advanced H5375 him , and set H7760 H853 his seat H3678 above H4480 H5921 all H3605 the princes H8269 that H834 were with H854 him.
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2. All of the king's leaders at the king's gate would bow down and give honor to Haman. This is what the king commanded them to do. But Mordecai refused to bow down or give honor to Haman.
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2. And all H3605 the king H4428 's servants H5650 , that H834 were in the king H4428 's gate H8179 , bowed H3766 , and reverenced H7812 Haman H2001 : for H3588 the king H4428 had so H3651 commanded H6680 concerning him . But Mordecai H4782 bowed H3766 not H3808 , nor H3808 did him reverence H7812 .
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3. Then the king's leaders at the gate asked Mordecai, "Why don't you obey the king's command to bow down to Haman?"
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3. Then the king H4428 's servants H5650 , which H834 were in the king H4428 's gate H8179 , said H559 unto Mordecai H4782 , Why H4069 transgressest H5674 thou H859 H853 the king H4428 's commandment H4687 ?
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4. Day after day, the king's leaders spoke to Mordecai, but he refused to obey the command to bow down to Haman. So they told Haman about it. They wanted to see what Haman would do about Mordecai. Mordecai had told them that he was a Jew.
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4. Now it came to pass H1961 , when they spoke H559 daily H3117 H3117 unto H413 him , and he hearkened H8085 not H3808 unto H413 them , that they told H5046 Haman H2001 , to see H7200 whether Mordecai H4782 's matters H1697 would stand H5975 : for H3588 he had told H5046 them that H834 he H1931 was a Jew H3064 .
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5. When Haman saw that Mordecai refused to bow down to him or give him honor, he was very angry.
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5. And when Haman H2001 saw H7200 that H3588 Mordecai H4782 bowed H3766 not H369 , nor did him reverence H7812 , then was Haman H2001 full H4390 of wrath H2534 .
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6. Haman had learned that Mordecai was a Jew. But he was not satisfied to only kill Mordecai. He also wanted to find a way to destroy all of Mordecai's people, the Jews, in all of Xerxes' kingdom.
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6. And he thought H5869 scorn H959 to lay H7971 hands H3027 on Mordecai H4782 alone H905 ; for H3588 they had showed H5046 him H853 the people H5971 of Mordecai H4782 : wherefore Haman H2001 sought H1245 to destroy H8045 H853 all H3605 the Jews H3064 that H834 were throughout the whole H3605 kingdom H4438 of Ahasuerus H325 , even the people H5971 of Mordecai H4782 .
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7. In the twelfth year of King Xerxes' rule, in the first month, the month of Nisan, Haman threw lots to choose a special day and month. And the twelfth month, the month of Adar was chosen. (At that time the lot was called "pur.")
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7. In the first H7223 month H2320 , that H1931 is , the month H2320 Nisan H5212 , in the twelfth H8147 H6240 year H8141 of king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 , they cast H5307 Pur H6332 , that H1931 is , the lot H1486 , before H6440 Haman H2001 from day H4480 H3117 to day H3117 , and from month H4480 H2320 to month H2320 , to the twelfth H8147 H6240 month , that H1931 is , the month H2320 Adar H143 .
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8. Then Haman came to King Xerxes and said, "King Xerxes, there is a certain group of people scattered among the people in all the provinces of your kingdom. They keep themselves separate from other people. Their customs are different from those of all other people. And they don't obey the king's laws. It is not right for the king to allow them to continue to live in your kingdom.
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8. And Haman H2001 said H559 unto king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 , There is H3426 a certain H259 people H5971 scattered abroad H6340 and dispersed H6504 among H996 the people H5971 in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of thy kingdom H4438 ; and their laws H1881 are diverse H8138 from all H4480 H3605 people H5971 ; neither H369 keep H6213 they the king H4428 's laws H1881 : therefore it is not H369 for the king H4428 's profit H7737 to suffer H5117 them.
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9. "If it pleases the king, I have a suggestion: Give a command to destroy these people. And I will put 750,000 pounds of silver into the king's treasury. This money could be used to pay the men who do these things."
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9. If H518 it please H2895 H5921 the king H4428 , let it be written H3789 that they may be destroyed H6 : and I will pay H8254 ten H6235 thousand H505 talents H3603 of silver H3701 to H5921 the hands H3027 of those that have the charge H6213 of the business H4399 , to bring H935 it into H413 the king H4428 's treasuries H1595 .
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10. So the king took the official ring off his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite. Haman was the enemy of the Jews.
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10. And the king H4428 took H5493 H853 his ring H2885 from H4480 H5921 his hand H3027 , and gave H5414 it unto Haman H2001 the son H1121 of Hammedatha H4099 the Agagite H91 , the Jews H3064 ' enemy H6887 .
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11. Then the king said to Haman, "Keep the money. Do what you want with them."
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11. And the king H4428 said H559 unto Haman H2001 , The silver H3701 is given H5414 to thee , the people H5971 also , to do H6213 with them as it seemeth good to thee H5869 .
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12. Then on the 13 day of the first month the king's secretaries were called. They wrote out all of Haman's commands in the language of each province. And they wrote them in the language of each group of people. They wrote to the king's satraps, the governors of the different provinces, and the leaders of the different groups of people. They wrote with the authority of King Xerxes himself, and sealed the commands with the king's own ring.
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12. Then were the king H4428 's scribes H5608 called H7121 on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 of the first H7223 month H2320 , and there was written H3789 according to all H3605 that H834 Haman H2001 had commanded H6680 unto H413 the king H4428 's lieutenants H323 , and to H413 the governors H6346 that H834 were over H5921 every province H4082 H4082 , and to H413 the rulers H8269 of every people H5971 H5971 of every province H4082 H4082 according to the writing H3791 thereof , and to every people H5971 H5971 after their language H3956 ; in the name H8034 of king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 was it written H3789 , and sealed H2856 with the king H4428 's ring H2885 .
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13. Messengers carried the letters to all the king's provinces. The letters were the king's command to ruin, kill, and completely destroy all the Jews. This meant young people and old people, women, and little children too. The command was to kill all the Jews on a single day. The day was to be the 13 day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar. And the command was to take everything that belonged to the Jews.
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13. And the letters H5612 were sent H7971 by H3027 posts H7323 into H413 all H3605 the king H4428 's provinces H4082 , to destroy H8045 , to kill H2026 , and to cause to perish H6 , H853 all H3605 Jews H3064 , both young H4480 H5288 and H5704 old H2205 , little children H2945 and women H802 , in one H259 day H3117 , even upon the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day of the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320 , which H1931 is the month H2320 Adar H143 , and to take the spoil H7998 of them for a prey H962 .
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14. A copy of the letters with the command was to be given as a law. It was to be a law in every province and announced to the people of every nation living in the kingdom. Then everyone would be ready for that day.
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14. The copy H6572 of the writing H3791 for a commandment H1881 to be given H5414 in every H3605 province H4082 H4082 was published H1540 unto all H3605 people H5971 , that they should be H1961 ready H6264 against that H2088 day H3117 .
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15. At the king's command the messengers hurried off. The command was given in the capital city of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.
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15. The posts H7323 went out H3318 , being hastened H1765 by the king H4428 's commandment H1697 , and the decree H1881 was given H5414 in Shushan H7800 the palace H1002 . And the king H4428 and Haman H2001 sat down H3427 to drink H8354 ; but the city H5892 Shushan H7800 was perplexed H943 .
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