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Esther 3:8-10
Christian Standard Bible
Esther 3:8-10
Christian Standard Bible
8 Then Haman informed King Ahasuerus, “There is one ethnic group, scattered throughout the peoples in every province of your kingdom,(A) keeping themselves separate. Their laws are different from everyone else’s and they do not obey the king’s laws.(B) It is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.(C) 9 If the king approves, let an order be drawn up authorizing their destruction, and I will pay 375 tons of silver to[a] the officials for deposit in the royal treasury.”(D)
10 The king removed his signet ring(E) from his hand and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.(F)
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- 3:9 Lit will weigh 10,000 silver talents on the hands of
Esther 3:8-10
New International Version
Esther 3:8-10
New International Version
8 Then Haman said to King Xerxes, “There is a certain people dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom who keep themselves separate. Their customs(A) are different from those of all other people, and they do not obey(B) the king’s laws; it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.(C) 9 If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will give ten thousand talents[a] of silver to the king’s administrators for the royal treasury.”(D)
10 So the king took his signet ring(E) from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
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- Esther 3:9 That is, about 375 tons or about 340 metric tons
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