ES-8:1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of

Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came

before the king; for Esther had told what he [was] unto her.

ES-8:2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from

Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over

the house of Haman.

ES-8:3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down

at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the

mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had

devised against the Jews.

ES-8:4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther.

So Esther arose, and stood before the king,

ES-8:5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have found

favour in his sight, and the thing [seem] right before the king,

and I [be] pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse

the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite,

which he wrote to destroy the Jews which [are] in all the king's

provinces:

ES-8:6 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto

my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my

kindred?

ES-8:7 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to

Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman,

 and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his

hand upon the Jews.

ES-8:8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the

king's name, and seal [it] with the king's ring: for the writing

which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's

ring, may no man reverse.

ES-8:9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the

third month, that [is], the month Sivan, on the three and

twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all

that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants,

and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which [are] from

India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto

every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every

people after their language, and to the Jews according to their

writing, and according to their language.

ES-8:10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed

[it] with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on

horseback, [and] riders on mules, camels, [and] young

dromedaries:

ES-8:11 Wherein the king granted the Jews which [were] in every

city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life,

to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of

the people and province that would assault them, [both] little

ones and women, and [to take] the spoil of them for a prey,

ES-8:12 Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus,

[namely], upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which

[is] the month Adar.

ES-8:13 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in

every province [was] published unto all people, and that the

Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on

their enemies.

ES-8:14 [So] the posts that rode upon mules [and] camels went

out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment.

And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.

ES-8:15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in

royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold,

and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of

Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

ES-8:16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.

ES-8:17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever

the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and

gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the

land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.



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