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Esther 8:10-12
Lexham English Bible
Esther 8:10-12
Lexham English Bible
10 And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and he sealed the letters with the king’s signet ring and sent them[a] by couriers on horses, riding on royal horses bred by[b] racing mares.[c] 11 In them the king allowed the Jews who were in every city to assemble and defend their lives,[d] to destroy and kill and annihilate any army of any people or province attacking them, including women and children, and to plunder their spoil, 12 in one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.
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- Esther 8:10 Hebrew “the letters”
- Esther 8:10 Literally “sons of”
- Esther 8:10 See HALOT 1244 s.v.
- Esther 8:11 Literally “to stand for their lives”
Esther 8:10-12
New International Version
Esther 8:10-12
New International Version
10 Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes, sealed the dispatches with the king’s signet ring, and sent them by mounted couriers, who rode fast horses especially bred for the king.
11 The king’s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the armed men of any nationality or province who might attack them and their women and children,[a] and to plunder(A) the property of their enemies. 12 The day appointed for the Jews to do this in all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.(B)
Footnotes
- Esther 8:11 Or province, together with their women and children, who might attack them;
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