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Esther 9
(1) On the 13th day of the 12th month, the month of Adar, the edict commanded by the king was to be carried out. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but now the tables were turned and the Jews got the upper hand over those who hated them. (2) The Jews assembled in their cities in all the provinces of King Xerxes to attack those seeking their destruction. No one could stand against them, because the people of other nationalities feared them. (3) And all the nobles of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and the king's administrators helped the Jews, because fear of Mordecai had seized them. (4) Mordecai was prominent in the palace; his reputation spread throughout the provinces and he became more and more powerful.
(5) The Jews struck down all their enemies with a sword, killing and destroying them, and they did what they pleased to those who hated them. (6) In the citadel of Susa, The Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men. (7) they also killed then ten sons of Haman, (8) (9) (10) But they did not lay their hands on the plunder.
(11) The number of those slain in Susa was reported to the king that same day. (12) The king said to Queen Esther, "The Jews have killed and desetroyed five hundred men, and the ten sons of Haman in the citadel of Susa. What have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? it shall be granted."
(13) If it pleases the king," Esther began, "give the Jews in Susa permission to carry out today's edict tomorrow also, and let the ten sons of Haman be hanged on gallows."
(14) So the king commanded this to be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman. (15) The jews came together on the 14th day of the month of Adar, and they put to death in Susa 300 men, but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.
(16) Meanwhile, the remainder of Jews that were in the king's provinces also assembled to protect themselves and get relief from their enemies. They killed 75,000 of them but did not lay their hands on the plunder. (17) This happened on the 13th day on the month of Adar, then on the 14th day they rested and got together to feast and celebrate with joy.
(18) The Jews in Susa however, did not rest until the 15th day on the month of Adar. (19) That is why rural Jews-those liveing in villages- observe the 14th day on the month of Adar as a day of fearing and joy, a day to give gifts to one another.
(20) Mordecai recorded these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews throughout the provinces of King Xerxes, new and far, (21) to have them celebrate annually the 14th and 15th days on the month of Adar. (22) as the time when the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month when their sorrow was turned to joy and their mourning a day of celebration, he wrote them to observe these days as days of feasting and joy and giving presents of food to one another and giving gifts to the poor.
(23) So the Jews agreed to continue the celebration they had begun, doing what Mordecai had written to them. (24) For Haman, enemy of the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them. (25) but when the plot came to the kings attention, he had Haman's evil plans he had devised against the Jews be put on his own head, and that he and his sons be hanged on gallows. (26) Therefore these days are called Purim, from the word pur. Because of everything written in this letter, and from what they had seen and what had happened to them, (27) The Jews took it upon themselves to establish that they and their descendants and all who should join them should without a doubt observe these two days every year, in the way prescribed and at the time appointed. (28) These days should be observed by every generation and every family, in every province, and in every city. And these days of Purim should never cease to be celebrated by the Jews, nor should the memory of them die out among the descendants.
(29) So Queen Esther, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim. (30) And Mordecai sent letters to all the Jews in the 127 provinces in the kingdom of Xerxes-words of goodwill and assurance- (31) to establish these days of Purim at their designated times, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had decreed them, and as they had established for themselves and the descendants in regards to their time of fasting and lamentation. (32) Esther's decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, and it was written down in the records.
Esther 10
(1) King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the empire, to its distant shores. (2) And all his acts of power and might, together with a full account of the greatness of Mordecai to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Media and Persia? (3) Mordecai the Jew was second rank to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews, and held him in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.
THE END!!!! lol love that story :)
(1) On the 13th day of the 12th month, the month of Adar, the edict commanded by the king was to be carried out. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but now the tables were turned and the Jews got the upper hand over those who hated them. (2) The Jews assembled in their cities in all the provinces of King Xerxes to attack those seeking their destruction. No one could stand against them, because the people of other nationalities feared them. (3) And all the nobles of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and the king's administrators helped the Jews, because fear of Mordecai had seized them. (4) Mordecai was prominent in the palace; his reputation spread throughout the provinces and he became more and more powerful.
(5) The Jews struck down all their enemies with a sword, killing and destroying them, and they did what they pleased to those who hated them. (6) In the citadel of Susa, The Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men. (7) they also killed then ten sons of Haman, (8) (9) (10) But they did not lay their hands on the plunder.
(11) The number of those slain in Susa was reported to the king that same day. (12) The king said to Queen Esther, "The Jews have killed and desetroyed five hundred men, and the ten sons of Haman in the citadel of Susa. What have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? it shall be granted."
(13) If it pleases the king," Esther began, "give the Jews in Susa permission to carry out today's edict tomorrow also, and let the ten sons of Haman be hanged on gallows."
(14) So the king commanded this to be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman. (15) The jews came together on the 14th day of the month of Adar, and they put to death in Susa 300 men, but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.
(16) Meanwhile, the remainder of Jews that were in the king's provinces also assembled to protect themselves and get relief from their enemies. They killed 75,000 of them but did not lay their hands on the plunder. (17) This happened on the 13th day on the month of Adar, then on the 14th day they rested and got together to feast and celebrate with joy.
(18) The Jews in Susa however, did not rest until the 15th day on the month of Adar. (19) That is why rural Jews-those liveing in villages- observe the 14th day on the month of Adar as a day of fearing and joy, a day to give gifts to one another.
(20) Mordecai recorded these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews throughout the provinces of King Xerxes, new and far, (21) to have them celebrate annually the 14th and 15th days on the month of Adar. (22) as the time when the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month when their sorrow was turned to joy and their mourning a day of celebration, he wrote them to observe these days as days of feasting and joy and giving presents of food to one another and giving gifts to the poor.
(23) So the Jews agreed to continue the celebration they had begun, doing what Mordecai had written to them. (24) For Haman, enemy of the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them. (25) but when the plot came to the kings attention, he had Haman's evil plans he had devised against the Jews be put on his own head, and that he and his sons be hanged on gallows. (26) Therefore these days are called Purim, from the word pur. Because of everything written in this letter, and from what they had seen and what had happened to them, (27) The Jews took it upon themselves to establish that they and their descendants and all who should join them should without a doubt observe these two days every year, in the way prescribed and at the time appointed. (28) These days should be observed by every generation and every family, in every province, and in every city. And these days of Purim should never cease to be celebrated by the Jews, nor should the memory of them die out among the descendants.
(29) So Queen Esther, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim. (30) And Mordecai sent letters to all the Jews in the 127 provinces in the kingdom of Xerxes-words of goodwill and assurance- (31) to establish these days of Purim at their designated times, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had decreed them, and as they had established for themselves and the descendants in regards to their time of fasting and lamentation. (32) Esther's decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, and it was written down in the records.
Esther 10
(1) King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the empire, to its distant shores. (2) And all his acts of power and might, together with a full account of the greatness of Mordecai to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Media and Persia? (3) Mordecai the Jew was second rank to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews, and held him in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.
THE END!!!! lol love that story :)
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