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Esther 9:23-25
Lexham English Bible
Esther 9:23-25
Lexham English Bible
23 And the Jews adopted what they had begun to do and what Mordecai had written to them.
24 For Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and he had cast pur, that is the lot, to rout them out and destroy them. 25 But when it came[a] to the attention of[b] the king, he gave orders in writing[c] that his evil plot that he had devised against the Jews should return on his head, and they hung him and his sons on the gallows.
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- Esther 9:25 Or “she came”
- Esther 9:25 Literally “before”
- Esther 9:25 Literally “said with a scroll”
Esther 9:23-25
New International Version
Esther 9:23-25
New International Version
23 So the Jews agreed to continue the celebration they had begun, doing what Mordecai had written to them. 24 For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite,(A) the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the pur(B) (that is, the lot(C)) for their ruin and destruction.(D) 25 But when the plot came to the king’s attention,[a] he issued written orders that the evil scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should come back onto his own head,(E) and that he and his sons should be impaled(F) on poles.(G)
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- Esther 9:25 Or when Esther came before the king
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