Esther:3:6-15
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But he disdained to lay hands on Mor '
decai alone .
So ,
as they had made known to him the people of Mor '
decai ,
Haman sought to destroy all the Jews ,
the people of Mor '
decai ,
throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasu-e '
rus .
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In the first month ,
which is the month of Nisan ,
in the twelfth year of King Ahasu-e '
rus ,
they cast Pur ,
that is the lot ,
before Haman day after day ;
and they cast it month after month till the twelfth month ,
which is the month of Adar .
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Then Haman said to King Ahasu-e '
rus , "
There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom ;
their laws are different from those of every other people ,
and they do not keep the king '
s laws ,
so that it is not for the king '
s profit to tolerate them .
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If it please the king ,
let it be decreed that they be destroyed ,
and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who have charge of the king '
s business ,
that they may put it into the king '
s treasuries ."
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So the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the Ag '
agite ,
the son of Hammeda '
tha ,
the enemy of the Jews .
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And the king said to Haman , "
The money is given to you ,
the people also ,
to do with them as it seems good to you ."
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Then the king '
s secretaries were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month ,
and an edict ,
according to all that Haman commanded ,
was written to the king '
s satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the princes of all the peoples ,
to every province in its own script and every people in its own language ;
it was written in the name of King Ahasu-e '
rus and sealed with the king '
s ring .
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Letters were sent by couriers to all the king '
s provinces ,
to destroy ,
to slay ,
and to annihilate all Jews ,
young and old ,
women and children ,
in one day ,
the thirteenth day of the twelfth month ,
which is the month of Adar ,
and to plunder their goods .
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A copy of the document was to be issued as a decree in every province by proclamation to all the peoples to be ready for that day .
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The couriers went in haste by order of the king ,
and the decree was issued in Susa the capital .
And the king and Haman sat down to drink ;
but the city of Susa was perplexed .
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