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Esther 3:6-7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Esther 3:6-7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
6 And when he learned of Mordecai’s ethnic identity, Haman decided not to do away with[a] Mordecai alone. He planned to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews,(A) throughout Ahasuerus’s kingdom.(B)
7 In the first month, the month of Nisan,[b] in King Ahasuerus’s twelfth year,[c](C) Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman for each day in each month, and it fell on the twelfth month,(D) the month Adar.[d](E)
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- Esther 3:6 Lit to stretch out a hand against
- Esther 3:7 = March–April; called Abib in the pre-exilic period; Ex 13:4; Dt 16:1
- Esther 3:7 474 b.c.
- Esther 3:7 = February–March
Esther 3:6-7
New International Version
Esther 3:6-7
New International Version
6 Yet having learned who Mordecai’s people were, he scorned the idea of killing only Mordecai. Instead Haman looked for a way(A) to destroy(B) all Mordecai’s people, the Jews,(C) throughout the whole kingdom of Xerxes.
7 In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the pur(D) (that is, the lot(E)) was cast in the presence of Haman to select a day and month. And the lot fell on[a] the twelfth month, the month of Adar.(F)
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- Esther 3:7 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have And the lot fell on.
Esther 3:6-7
King James Version
Esther 3:6-7
King James Version
6 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
7 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
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