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She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I’ve found favor with him, and if the matter is proper in the king’s opinion, and if I’m pleasing to the king, let an order be issued[a] revoking the letters devised by Hammedatha the Agagite’s son Haman, which ordered[b] the destruction of the Jewish people throughout the king’s provinces. Indeed, how can I bear to see this disaster happen to my people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my kinsmen?”

King Ahasuerus told Queen Esther and Mordecai the Jew, “Look, I’ve given Haman’s property[c] to Esther, and they have hanged[d] him on the pole because he tried to harm[e] the Jewish people.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 8:5 Lit. let it be written
  2. Esther 8:5 Lit. were written
  3. Esther 8:7 Lit. house
  4. Esther 8:7 Or impaled
  5. Esther 8:7 Lit. sent his hand against