Esther 3:6-8
New American Standard Bible
6 But he [a]considered it beneath his dignity to [b]kill Mordecai alone, for they had told him who the people of Mordecai were; so Haman (A)sought to annihilate all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were found throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
7 In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, [c]Pur, that is the lot, was (B)cast before Haman from day to day and from month to month, [d]until the twelfth month, that is (C)the month Adar. 8 Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; (D)their laws are different from those of all other people and they do not [e]comply with the king’s laws, so it is not in the king’s interest to let them remain.
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- Esther 3:6 Lit despised in his eyes
- Esther 3:6 Lit send a hand against
- Esther 3:7 Lit he cast Pur...before
- Esther 3:7 LXX and the lot fell on the thirteenth day of
- Esther 3:8 Lit do the
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