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Esther 3 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Haman’s Plot against the Jews

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After H310 these H428 events H1697 King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 honored H1431 Haman H2001, the son H1121 of Hammedatha H4099 the Agagite H91, and promoted H5375 him and [fn]established H7760 his authority H3678 over H4480 H5921 all H3605 the officials H8269 who H834 were with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:2 - All H3605 the king’s H4428 servants H5650 who H834 were at the king’s H4428 gate H8179 bowed H3766 down H3766 and paid H2331 [fn]homage H2331 to Haman H2001; for so H3651 the king H4428 had commanded H6680 regarding him. But Mordecai H4782 neither H3808 bowed H3766 down H3766 nor H3808 paid H2331 [fn]homage H2331.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:3 - Then the king’s H4428 servants H5650 who H834 were at the king’s H4428 gate H8179 said H559 to Mordecai H4782, “Why H4069 are you violating H5674 the king’s H4428 command H4687?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:4 - Now it was when they had spoken H559 daily H3117 to him and he would not listen H8085 to them, that they told H5046 Haman H2001 to see H7200 whether Mordecai’s H4782 reason H1697 would [fn]stand H5975; for he had told H5046 them that he was a Jew H3064.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:5 - When Haman H2001 saw H7200 that Mordecai H4782 neither H369 bowed H3766 down H3766 nor H369 paid H2331 [fn]homage H2331 to him, Haman H2001 was filled H4390 with rage H2534.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:6 - But he [fn]considered H959 H5869 it beneath H959 H5869 his dignity H959 H5869 to [fn]kill H7971 H3027 Mordecai H4782 alone H905, for they had told H5046 him who the people H5971 of Mordecai H4782 were; so Haman H2001 sought H1245 to annihilate H8045 all H3605 the Jews H3064, the people H5971 of Mordecai H4782, who H834 were found throughout H3605 the kingdom H4438 of Ahasuerus H325.

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In the first H7223 month H2320, which H1931 is the month H2320 Nisan H5212, in the twelfth H8147 H6240 year H8141 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, [fn]Pur H6332, that is the lot H1486, was cast H5307 before H6440 Haman H2001 from day H3117 to day H3117 and from month H2320 to month, [fn]until the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320, that is the month H2320 Adar H143.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - Then Haman H2001 said H559 to King H4428 Ahasuerus H325, “There H3426 is H3426 a certain H259 people H5971 scattered H6340 and dispersed H6504 among H996 the peoples H5971 in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of your kingdom H4438; their laws H1881 are different H8132 from those of all H3605 other people H5971 and they do not [fn]comply H6213 with H6213 the king’s H4428 laws H1881, so it is not in the king’s H4428 interest H7737 to let H5117 them remain H5117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:9 - “If H518 it is pleasing H2895 to the king H4428, let it be [fn]decreed H3789 that they be eliminated H6, and I will pay H8254 [fn]ten H6235 thousand H505 talents H3603 of silver H3701 into the hands H3027 of those who carry H6213 out H6213 the king’s business H4399, to put H935 into the king’s treasuries H1595.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:10 - Then the king H4428 took H5493 his signet H2885 ring H2885 from his hand H3027 and gave H5414 it to Haman H2001, the son H1121 of Hammedatha H4099 the Agagite H91, the enemy H6887 of the Jews H3064.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:11 - And the king H4428 said H559 to Haman H2001, “The silver H3701 is [fn]yours H5414, and the people H5971 also, to do H6213 with them as you please H2896 H5869.”

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Then the king’s H4428 scribes H5608 were summoned H7121 on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 of the first H7223 month H2320, and it was written H3789 just H3605 H834 as Haman H2001 commanded H6680 to the king’s H4428 satraps H323, to the governors H6346 who H834 were over H5921 each H4082 province H4082 and to the officials H8269 of each H5971 people H5971, each H4082 province H4082 according to its script H3791, each H5971 people H5971 according to its language H3956, being written H3789 in the name H8034 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325 and sealed H2856 with the king’s H4428 signet H2885 ring H2885.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:13 - Letters H5612 were sent H7971 by couriers H7323 to all H3605 the king’s H4428 provinces H4082 to annihilate H8045, kill H2026, and destroy H6 all H3605 the Jews H3064, both H4480 young H5288 and old H2205, women H802 and children H2945, in one H259 day H3117, the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day of the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320, which H1931 is the month H2320 Adar H143, and to seize H962 their possessions H7998 as plunder H962.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:14 - A copy H6572 of the edict H3791 to be [fn]issued H5414 as law H1881 in every H3605 province H4082 was published H1540 to all H3605 the peoples H5971 so that they would be ready H6264 for this H2088 day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:15 - The couriers H7323 went H3318 out H3318, speeded H1765 by the king’s H4428 [fn]order H1697 while the decree H1881 was [fn]issued H5414 at the citadel H1002 in Susa H7800; and while the king H4428 and Haman H2001 sat H3427 down H3427 to drink H8354, the city H5892 of Susa H7800 was agitated H943.
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NASB20 Footnotes
Lit set his seat
I.e., great respect and honor to a superior
I.e., great respect and honor to a superior
I.e., as valid
I.e., great respect and honor to a superior
Lit despised in his eyes
Lit send a hand against
Lit he cast Pur...before
LXX and the lot fell on the thirteenth day of
Lit do the
Lit written
About 375 tons or 340 metric tons
Lit given to you
Lit given
Lit word
Lit given
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