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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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