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1. And in the twelfth month, that is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's command and his order came to be done, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to take power over them (though it was turned around, so that the Jews ruled, they over the ones hating them),
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1. Now in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320 , that H1931 is , the month H2320 Adar H143 , on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 of the same, when H834 the king H4428 's commandment H1697 and his decree H1881 drew near H5060 to be put in execution H6213 , in the day H3117 that H834 the enemies H341 of the Jews H3064 hoped H7663 to have power H7980 over them, (though it H1931 was turned to the contrary H2015 , that H834 the Jews H3064 had rule over H7980 them H1992 that hated H8130 them;)
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2. the Jews assembled in their cities in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to stretch out a hand against those seeking their evil. And no man stood in their presence, for their fear fell on all the peoples.
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2. The Jews H3064 gathered themselves together H6950 in their cities H5892 throughout all H3605 the provinces H4082 of the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 , to lay H7971 hand H3027 on such as sought H1245 their hurt H7451 : and no H3808 man H376 could withstand H5975 them; for H3588 the fear H6343 of them fell H5307 upon H5921 all H3605 people H5971 .
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3. And all the rulers of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors, and those doing the king' business, were lifting up the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai fell on them.
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3. And all H3605 the rulers H8269 of the provinces H4082 , and the lieutenants H323 , and the deputies H6346 , and officers H6213 H4399 of H834 the king H4428 , helped H5375 H853 the Jews H3064 ; because H3588 the fear H6343 of Mordecai H4782 fell H5307 upon H5921 them.
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4. For Mordecai was great in the king's house and his fame went out into all the provinces, for this man Mordecai was going on and growing greater.
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4. For H3588 Mordecai H4782 was great H1419 in the king H4428 's house H1004 , and his fame H8089 went out H1980 throughout all H3605 the provinces H4082 : for H3588 this man H376 Mordecai H4782 waxed H1980 greater and greater H1419 .
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5. And the Jews struck against all their enemies with a stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they desired to those who hated them.
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5. Thus the Jews H3064 smote H5221 all H3605 their enemies H341 with the stroke H4347 of the sword H2719 , and slaughter H2027 , and destruction H12 , and did H6213 what they would H7522 unto those that hated H8130 them.
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6. And in Shushan the palace the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.
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6. And in Shushan H7800 the palace H1002 the Jews H3064 slew H2026 and destroyed H6 five H2568 hundred H3967 men H376 .
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7. And they killed Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
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7. And Parshandatha H6577 , and Dalphon H1813 , and Aspatha H630 ,
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8. and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
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8. And Poratha H6334 , and Adalia H118 , and Aridatha H743 ,
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9. and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,
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9. And Parmashta H6534 , and Arisai H747 , and Aridai H742 , and Vajezatha H2055 ,
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10. the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the one distressing the Jews. But they did not lay their hands on the spoil.
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10. The ten H6235 sons H1121 of Haman H2001 the son H1121 of Hammedatha H4099 , the enemy H6887 of the Jews H3064 , slew H2026 they ; but on the spoil H961 laid H7971 they not H3808 H853 their hand H3027 .
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11. On that day the number of those who were killed in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
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11. On that H1931 day H3117 the number H4557 of those that were slain H2026 in Shushan H7800 the palace H1002 was brought H935 before H6440 the king H4428 .
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12. And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman. What have they done in the rest of the provinces of the king? And what is your petition, and it is given to you? And what further request, and it will be done?
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12. And the king H4428 said H559 unto Esther H635 the queen H4436 , The Jews H3064 have slain H2026 and destroyed H6 five H2568 hundred H3967 men H376 in Shushan H7800 the palace H1002 , and the ten H6235 sons H1121 of Haman H2001 ; what H4100 have they done H6213 in the rest H7605 of the king H4428 's provinces H4082 ? now what H4100 is thy petition H7596 ? and it shall be granted H5414 thee : or what H4100 is thy request H1246 further H5750 ? and it shall be done H6213 .
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13. And Esther said, If it pleases the king, let it be given to the Jews in Shushan to do tomorrow also according to this day's decree; and let Haman's ten sons be hanged on the wooden gallows.
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13. Then said H559 Esther H635 , If H518 it please H2895 H5921 the king H4428 , let it be granted H5414 to the Jews H3064 which H834 are in Shushan H7800 to do H6213 tomorrow H4279 also H1571 according unto this day H3117 's decree H1881 , and let Haman H2001 's ten H6235 sons H1121 be hanged H8518 upon H5921 the gallows H6086 .
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14. And the king commanded it to be done so. And the order was given at Shushan, and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
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14. And the king H4428 commanded H559 it so H3651 to be done H6213 : and the decree H1881 was given H5414 at Shushan H7800 ; and they hanged H8518 Haman H2001 's ten H6235 sons H1121 .
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15. And the Jews in Shushan also assembled on the fourteenth day of the month Adar and killed three hundred men at Shushan; but they did not lay their hands on the spoil.
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15. For the Jews H3064 that H834 were in Shushan H7800 gathered themselves together H6950 on the fourteenth H702 H6240 day H3117 also H1571 of the month H2320 Adar H143 , and slew H2026 three H7969 hundred H3967 men H376 at Shushan H7800 ; but on the prey H961 they laid H7971 not H3808 H853 their hand H3027 .
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16. But the rest of the Jews in the king's provinces gathered and stood for their lives, and a rest from their enemies, and to kill seventy five thousand of their foes. But they did not lay their hands on the spoil.
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16. But the other H7605 Jews H3064 that H834 were in the king H4428 's provinces H4082 gathered themselves together H6950 , and stood H5975 for H5921 their lives H5315 , and had rest H5117 from their enemies H4480 H341 , and slew H2026 of their foes H8130 seventy H7657 and five H2568 thousand H505 , but they laid H7971 not H3808 H853 their hands H3027 on the prey H961 ,
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17. On the thirteenth day of the month Adar, and on the fourteenth day of the same, they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
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17. On the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 of the month H2320 Adar H143 ; and on the fourteenth H702 H6240 day of the same rested H5117 they , and made H6213 it a day H3117 of feasting H4960 and gladness H8057 .
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18. And the Jews at Shushan assembled on the thirteenth day of it, and on the fourteenth day of it, and to rest on the fifteenth of the same, and to make it a day of feasting and gladness.
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18. But the Jews H3064 that H834 were at Shushan H7800 assembled together H6950 on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day thereof , and on the fourteenth H702 H6240 thereof ; and on the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day of the same they rested H5117 , and made H6213 it a day H3117 of feasting H4960 and gladness H8057 .
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19. On account of this the Jews of the villages who lived in the unwalled villages made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and a day of sending portions to one another.
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19. Therefore H5921 H3651 the Jews H3064 of the villages H6521 , that dwelt H3427 in the unwalled H6519 towns H5892 , made H6213 H853 the fourteenth H702 H6240 day H3117 of the month H2320 Adar H143 a day of gladness H8057 and feasting H4960 , and a good H2896 day H3117 , and of sending H4916 portions H4490 one H376 to another H7453 .
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20. And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, near and far,
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20. And Mordecai H4782 wrote H3789 H853 these H428 things H1697 , and sent H7971 letters H5612 unto H413 all H3605 the Jews H3064 that H834 were in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 , both nigh H7138 and far H7350 ,
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21. to cause to rise among them to make a feast the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly;
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21. To establish H6965 this among H5921 them , that they should H1961 keep H6213 H853 the fourteenth H702 H6240 day H3117 of the month H2320 Adar H143 , and the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day H3117 of the same, yearly H3605 H8141 H8141 ,
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22. as the days in which the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day, to make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions to one another, and gifts to the poor.
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22. As the days H3117 wherein H834 the Jews H3064 rested H5117 from their enemies H4480 H341 , and the month H2320 which H834 was turned H2015 unto them from sorrow H4480 H3015 to joy H8057 , and from mourning H4480 H60 into a good H2896 day H3117 : that they should make H6213 them days H3117 of feasting H4960 and joy H8057 , and of sending H4916 portions H4490 one H376 to another H7453 , and gifts H4979 to the poor H34 .
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23. And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them,
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23. And the Jews H3064 undertook H6901 to do H6213 H853 as H834 they had begun H2490 , and as H834 Mordecai H4782 had written H3789 unto H413 them;
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24. because Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the one distressing all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to torment them and to destroy them.
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24. Because H3588 Haman H2001 the son H1121 of Hammedatha H4099 , the Agagite H91 , the enemy H6887 of all H3605 the Jews H3064 , had devised H2803 against H5921 the Jews H3064 to destroy H6 them , and had cast H5307 Pur H6332 , that H1931 is , the lot H1486 , to consume H2000 them , and to destroy H6 them;
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25. But when Esther came to the king, he commanded by the letter, Let this evil plot which he plotted against the Jews return on his own head; and they hanged him and his sons on the wooden gallows.
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25. But when Esther came H935 before H6440 the king H4428 , he commanded H559 by H5973 letters H5612 that his wicked H7451 device H4284 , which H834 he devised H2803 against H5921 the Jews H3064 , should return H7725 upon H5921 his own head H7218 , and that he and his sons H1121 should be hanged H8518 on H5921 the gallows H6086 .
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26. On account of this they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. For on account of this all the words of this letter, and what they saw concerning this matter, and what had touched them,
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26. Wherefore H5921 H3651 they called H7121 these H428 days H3117 Purim H6332 after H5921 the name H8034 of Pur H6332 . Therefore H5921 H3651 for H5921 all H3605 the words H1697 of this H2063 letter H107 , and of that which H4100 they had seen H7200 concerning H5921 this matter H3602 , and which H4100 had come H5060 unto H413 them,
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27. the Jews rose up and took on themselves and on their seed, and on all joining themselves to them, even not to pass, to be keeping those two days according to their writing, and according to their time every year;
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27. The Jews H3064 ordained H6965 , and took H6901 upon H5921 them , and upon H5921 their seed H2233 , and upon H5921 all H3605 such as joined themselves H3867 unto H5921 them , so as it should not H3808 fail H5674 , that they would keep H6213 H853 these H428 two H8147 days H3117 according to their writing H3791 , and according to their appointed H2165 every H3605 year H8141 H8141 ;
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28. and that these days should be remembered and acted upon in generation and generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not pass from among the Jews, and their memory not perish from their seed.
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28. And that these H428 days H3117 should be remembered H2142 and kept H6213 throughout every H3605 generation H1755 H1755 , every family H4940 H4940 , every province H4082 H4082 , and every city H5892 H5892 ; and that these H428 days H3117 of Purim H6332 should not H3808 fail H5674 from among H4480 H8432 the Jews H3064 , nor H3808 the memorial H2143 of them perish H5486 from their seed H4480 H2233 .
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29. And Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.
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29. Then Esther H635 the queen H4436 , the daughter H1323 of Abihail H32 , and Mordecai H4782 the Jew H3064 , wrote H3789 with H854 all H3605 authority H8633 , to confirm H6965 H853 this H2063 second H8145 letter H107 of Purim H6332 .
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30. And he sent the letters to all the Jews, to the hundred and twenty seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus words of peace and truth,
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30. And he sent H7971 the letters H5612 unto H413 all H3605 the Jews H3064 , to H413 the hundred H3967 twenty H6242 and seven H7651 provinces H4082 of the kingdom H4438 of Ahasuerus H325 , with words H1697 of peace H7965 and truth H571 ,
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31. in order to confirm these days of Purim in their set times, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had caused to rise up on them, and as they caused to rise up on themselves and on their seed, the matters of the fastings and of their cry.
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31. To confirm H6965 H853 these H428 days H3117 of Purim H6332 in their times H2165 appointed , according as H834 Mordecai H4782 the Jew H3064 and Esther H635 the queen H4436 had enjoined H6965 H5921 them , and as H834 they had decreed H6965 for H5921 themselves H5315 and for H5921 their seed H2233 , the matters H1697 of the fastings H6685 and their cry H2201 .
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32. And the decree of Esther made rise these matters of Purim. And it was written in the book.
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32. And the decree H3982 of Esther H635 confirmed H6965 these H428 matters H1697 of Purim H6332 ; and it was written H3789 in the book H5612 .
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