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Esther 8:6-8
New Catholic Bible
Esther 8:6-8
New Catholic Bible
6 For how can I bear to see the evil that is about to fall on my people, and how can I behold the destruction of my race?”
7 King Ahasuerus then said to Queen Esther and to the Jew Mordecai, “Now that I have given Esther the property of Haman, and he has been hanged on the gibbet because he attacked the Jews, 8 you may write another edict in the king’s name on behalf of the Jews as seems best to you, and seal it with the king’s signet ring—for no document that is written in the king’s name and sealed with his ring can be revoked.”[a]
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- Esther 8:8 The king cannot revoke a previous edict directly because of the irrevocable character of the laws of the Medes and Persians (Est 1:19; Dan 6:9). What he can do is empower Esther to issue a new edict in his name that makes the earlier edict ineffective (see Est 3:12-13).
