For how could I bear to see the disaster that would come on my people?(A) How could I bear to see the destruction of my relatives?”(B)

King Ahasuerus said to Esther the Queen and to Mordecai the Jew, “Look, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther,(C) and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked[a] the Jews.(D) You may write in the king’s name whatever pleases you(E) concerning the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring.(F) A document written in the king’s name and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 8:7 Lit stretched out his hand against

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