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Indeed, how can I bear to see this disaster happen to my people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my kinsmen?”

King Ahasuerus told Queen Esther and Mordecai the Jew, “Look, I’ve given Haman’s property[a] to Esther, and they have hanged[b] him on the pole because he tried to harm[c] the Jewish people. Now, in the name of the king, you write what seems good to you concerning the Jewish people, and seal it with the king’s signet ring, for a document written in the king’s name and sealed with the king’s signet ring cannot be revoked.”

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 8:7 Lit. house
  2. Esther 8:7 Or impaled
  3. Esther 8:7 Lit. sent his hand against