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Esther 3:11-13
International Standard Version
Esther 3:11-13
International Standard Version
11 The king told Haman, “The silver is given to you, along with the people, to do with them as you see fit.”
12 The king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and all that Haman commanded was written to the regional authorities[a] of the king, to the governors who were over each province, and to the officials of each people. This order[b] was translated in the name of King Ahasuerus into the language of each province[c] and bore the seal of the king’s signet ring. 13 Letters were sent by couriers to all of the king’s provinces to annihilate, to kill, and to destroy all the Jewish people, both young and old, women and children, and to confiscate their goods[d] on a single day—the thirteenth day of the twelfth month of Adar.
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- Esther 3:12 Lit. satraps; Persian government officials similar in authority to a governor
- Esther 3:12 The Heb. lacks order
- Esther 3:12 Lit. Ahasuerus to the people, the script
- Esther 3:13 Lit. spoil
Esther 3:11-13
New International Version
Esther 3:11-13
New International Version
11 “Keep the money,” the king said to Haman, “and do with the people as you please.”
12 Then on the thirteenth day of the first month the royal secretaries were summoned. They wrote out in the script of each province and in the language(A) of each people all Haman’s orders to the king’s satraps, the governors of the various provinces and the nobles of the various peoples. These were written in the name of King Xerxes himself and sealed(B) with his own ring. 13 Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces with the order to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews(C)—young and old, women and children—on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar,(D) and to plunder(E) their goods.
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