Esther:8:1-10
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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 .
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And the king took off his ring tabba #
ath #,
which he had taken from Haman ,
and gave it unto Mordecai .
And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman .
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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 .
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Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther .
So Esther arose ,
and stood before the king ,
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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 kings provinces :
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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 ?
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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 .
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Write ye also for the Jews ,
as it liketh you ,
in the kings name ,
and seal it with the kings ring tabba #
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for the writing which is written in the kings name ,
and sealed with the kings ring tabba #
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may no man reverse .
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Then were the kings 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 .
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And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus name ,
and sealed it with the kings ring tabba #
ath #,
and sent letters by posts on horseback ,
and riders on mules ,
camels ,
and young dromedaries :