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Esther 9 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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The Jews Destroy Their Enemies

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Now in the twelfth^H8147^H6240 month^H2320 (that is, the month^H2320 Adar^H143), on the thirteenth^H7969^H6240 [fn]day^H3117, when^H834 the king’s^H4428 command^H1697 and edict^H1881 were to be put^H6213 into^H6213 effect^H6213, on the day^H3117 when^H834 the enemies^H340 of the Jews^H3064 hoped^H7663 to gain^H7980 the mastery^H7980 over^H7980 them, it turned^H2015 out^H2015 to the contrary^H2015 so^H834 that^H834 the Jews^H3064 themselves^H1992 gained^H7980 mastery^H7980 over^H7980 those who hated^H8130 them.

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Est 9:2 - The Jews^H3064 assembled^H6950 in their cities^H5892 throughout^H3605 the provinces^H4082 of King^H4428 Ahasuerus^H325 to [fn]attack^H7971^H3027 those who sought^H1245 [fn]to harm^H7451 them; and no^H3808 one^H376 could stand^H5975 against^H6440 them, because^H3588 the dread^H6343 of them had fallen^H5307 on all^H3605 the peoples^H5971.

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Est 9:3 - Even all^H3605 the officials^H8269 of the provinces^H4082, the satraps^H323, the governors^H6346, and those who were doing^H6213 the king’s^H4428 business^H4399 were supporting^H5375 the Jews^H3064, because^H3588 the dread^H6343 of Mordecai^H4782 had fallen^H5307 on them.

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Est 9:4 - For Mordecai^H4782 was great^H1419 in the king’s^H4428 house^H1004, and the news^H8089 about him spread^H1980 throughout^H3605 the provinces^H4082; for the man^H376 Mordecai^H4782 became^H1980 greater^H1980 and greater^H1419.

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Est 9:5 - So the Jews^H3064 struck^H5221 all^H3605 their enemies^H340 with [fn]the sword^H2719, killing^H2027 and destroying^H12; and they did^H6213 as they pleased^H7522 to those who hated^H8130 them.

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Est 9:6 - At the citadel^H1002 in Susa^H7800 the Jews^H3064 killed^H2026 and eliminated^H6 five^H2568 hundred^H3967 men^H376,

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Est 9:7 - and they killed^H2026 Parshandatha^H6577, Dalphon^H1813, Aspatha^H630,

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Est 9:8 - Poratha^H6334, Adalia^H118, Aridatha^H743,

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Est 9:9 - Parmashta^H6534, Arisai^H747, Aridai^H742, and Vaizatha^H2055,

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Est 9:10 - the ten^H6235 sons^H1121 of Haman^H2001 the son^H1121 of Hammedatha^H4099, the Jews’^H3064 enemy^H6887; but they did not lay^H7971 their hands^H3027 on the plunder^H961.

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On that day^H3117 the number^H4557 of those who were killed^H2026 at the citadel^H1002 in Susa^H7800 [fn]was reported^H935 to the king^H4428.

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Est 9:12 - And the king^H4428 said^H559 to Queen^H4436 Esther^H635, “The Jews^H3064 have killed^H2026 and eliminated^H6 five^H2568 hundred^H3967 men^H376 and the ten^H6235 sons^H1121 of Haman^H2001 at the citadel^H1002 in Susa^H7800. What^H4100 have they done^H6213 in the rest^H7605 of the king’s^H4428 provinces^H4082! Now what^H4100 is your request^H7596? It shall also be granted^H5414 you. And what^H4100 is your further^H5750 wish^H1246? It shall also be done^H6213.”

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Est 9:13 - Then Esther^H635 said^H559, “If^H518 it pleases^H5921^H2895 the king^H4428, let tomorrow^H4279 also^H1571 be granted^H5414 to the Jews^H3064 who^H834 are in Susa^H7800 to do^H6213 according to the edict^H1881 of today^H3117; and let Haman’s^H2001 ten^H6235 sons^H1121 be hanged^H8518 on the wooden^H6086 gallows.”

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Est 9:14 - So the king^H4428 commanded^H559 that it was to be done^H6213 so^H3651; and an edict^H1881 was issued^H5414 in Susa^H7800, and Haman’s^H2001 ten^H6235 sons^H1121 were hanged^H8518.

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Est 9:15 - The Jews^H3064 who^H834 were in Susa^H7800 assembled^H6950 also^H1571 on the fourteenth^H702^H6240 day^H3117 of the month^H2320 Adar^H143 and killed^H2026 three^H7969 hundred^H3967 men^H376 in Susa^H7800, but they did not lay^H7971 their hands^H3027 on the plunder^H961.

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Now the rest^H7605 of the Jews^H3064 who^H834 were in the king’s^H4428 provinces^H4082 assembled^H6950, to defend^H5975 their lives^H5315 and [fn]rid^H5117 themselves^H5117 of their enemies^H340, and to kill^H2026 seventy-five^H2568^H7657 thousand^H505 of those who hated^H8130 them; but they did not lay^H7971 their hands^H3027 on the plunder^H961.

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Est 9:17 - This was done on the thirteenth^H7969^H6240 day^H3117 of the month^H2320 Adar^H143, and on the fourteenth^H702^H6240 [fn]day they rested^H5117 and made^H6213 it a day^H3117 of feasting^H4960 and rejoicing^H8057.

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But the Jews^H3064 who^H834 were in Susa^H7800 assembled^H6950 on the thirteenth^H7969^H6240 and the fourteenth^H702^H6240 [fn]of the same month, and they rested^H5117 on the fifteenth^H2568^H6240 [fn]day and made^H6213 it a day^H3117 of feasting^H4960 and rejoicing^H8057.

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Est 9:19 - Therefore^H5921^H3651 the Jews^H3064 of the rural^H6521 areas^H6521, who live^H3427 in the rural^H6519 towns^H5892, make^H6213 the fourteenth^H702^H6240 day^H3117 of the month^H2320 Adar^H143 a [fn]holiday^H2896^H3117 for rejoicing^H8057 and feasting^H4960 and sending^H4916 portions^H4490 of food to one^H376 another^H7453.

The Feast of Purim Instituted

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Then Mordecai^H4782 recorded^H3789 these^H428 events^H1697, and he sent^H7971 letters^H5612 to all^H3605 the Jews^H3064 who^H834 were in all^H3605 the provinces^H4082 of King^H4428 Ahasuerus^H325, both near^H7138 and far^H7350,

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Est 9:21 - obliging^H6965^H5921 them to celebrate^H6213 the fourteenth^H702^H6240 day^H3117 of the month^H2320 Adar^H143, and the fifteenth^H2568^H6240 day^H3117 [fn]of the same month, annually^H3605^H8141,

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Est 9:22 - because on those days^H3117 the Jews^H3064 [fn]rid^H5117 themselves^H5117 of their enemies^H340, and it was a month^H2320 which^H834 was turned^H2015 for them from grief^H3015 into joy^H8057, and from mourning^H60 into a [fn]holiday^H2896^H3117; that they were to make^H6213 them days^H3117 of feasting^H4960 and rejoicing^H8057, and sending^H4916 portions^H4490 of food to one^H376 another^H7453, and gifts^H4979 to the poor^H34.

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So the Jews^H3064 undertook^H6901 what^H834 they had started^H2490 to do^H6213, and what^H834 Mordecai^H4782 had written^H3789 to them.

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Est 9:24 - For Haman^H2001 the son^H1121 of Hammedatha^H4099, the Agagite^H91, the adversary^H6887 of all^H3605 the Jews^H3064, had schemed^H2803 against^H5921 the Jews^H3064 to eliminate^H6 them, and had cast^H5307 Pur^H6332, that is the lot^H1486, to disturb^H2000 them and eliminate^H6 them.

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Est 9:25 - But when it came^H935 [fn]to the king’s^H4428 attention^H6440, he commanded^H559 by letter^H5612 that his wicked^H7451 scheme^H4284 which^H834 he had devised^H2803 against^H5921 the Jews^H3064 was to return^H7725 on his own head^H7218, and that he and his sons^H1121 were to be hanged^H8518 on the wooden^H6086 gallows.

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Est 9:26 - Therefore^H5921^H3651 they called^H7121 these^H428 days^H3117 Purim^H6332 after^H5921 the name^H8034 of [fn]Pur^H6332. [fn]And because^H5921 of the instructions^H1697 in this^H2088 letter^H107, both what^H4100 they had seen^H7200 in this^H3602 regard^H3602 and what^H4100 had happened^H5060 to them,

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Est 9:27 - the Jews^H3064 established^H6965 and [fn]made^H6901 a^H6901 custom^H6901 for themselves, their [fn]descendants^H2233, and for all^H3605 those who allied^H3867 themselves with them, so that [fn]they would not fail^H5674 to celebrate^H6213 these^H428 two^H8147 days^H3117 according to their [fn]regulation^H3791 and according to their appointed^H2163 time^H2165 annually^H3605^H8141.

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Est 9:28 - So these^H428 days^H3117 were to be remembered^H2142 and celebrated^H6213 throughout every^H1755 generation^H1755, every^H4940 family^H4940, every^H4082 province^H4082, and every^H5892 city^H5892; and these^H428 days^H3117 of Purim^H6332 were not to [fn]be neglected^H5674 by the Jews^H3064, or their memory^H2143 [fn]fade^H5486 from their [fn]descendants^H2233.

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Then Queen^H4436 Esther^H635, daughter^H1323 of Abihail^H32, with Mordecai^H4782 the Jew^H3064, wrote^H3789 with full^H3605 authority^H8633 to confirm^H6965 this^H2088 second^H8145 letter^H107 about Purim^H6332.

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Est 9:30 - He sent^H7971 letters^H5612 to all^H3605 the Jews^H3064, to the 127^H7651^H6242^H3967 provinces^H4082 of the kingdom^H4438 of Ahasuerus^H325, namely, words^H1697 of peace^H7965 and truth^H571,

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Est 9:31 - to establish^H6965 these^H428 days^H3117 of Purim^H6332 at their appointed^H2163 times^H2165, just^H834 as^H834 Mordecai^H4782 the Jew^H3064 and Queen^H4436 Esther^H635 had established^H6965 for them, and just^H834 as^H834 they had established^H6965 for themselves^H5315 and for their [fn]descendants^H2233, with [fn]instructions^H1697 for their times^H6685 of^H6685 fasting^H6685 and their mourning^H2201.

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Est 9:32 - The command^H3982 of Esther^H635 established^H6965 these^H428 [fn]customs^H1697 for Purim^H6332, and it was written^H3789 in the book^H5612.

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(9:1)

Lit day in it

(9:2)

Lit put out a hand against

(9:2)

Lit their harm

(9:5)

Lit the stroke of the

Lit came before

Lit have rest from

Lit in it

Lit in it

Lit in it

Lit rejoicing and feasting and a good day and sending

Lit in it

Lit had rest from

Lit good day

Lit before the king, he

(9:26)

Akkadian for lot

(9:26)

Lit Therefore because of all the words

(9:27)

Lit received

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Lit seed

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Lit it would not pass away

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Lit writing

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Lit pass from the midst of

Lit end

Lit seed

Lit seed

Lit words

Lit words

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