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And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus ,
There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom ;
and their laws are diverse from all people ;
neither keep they the king '
s laws :
therefore it is not for the king '
s profit to suffer them .
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If it please the king ,
let it be written that they may be destroyed :
and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business ,
to bring it into the king '
s treasuries .
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And the king took his ring from his hand ,
and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite ,
the Jews '
enemy .
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And the king said unto Haman ,
The silver is given to thee ,
the people also ,
to do with them as it seemeth good to thee .
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Then were the king '
s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month ,
and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king '
s lieutenants ,
and to the governors that were over every province ,
and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof ,
and to every people after their language ;
in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written ,
and sealed with the king '
s ring .
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And the letters were sent by posts into all the king '
s provinces ,
to destroy ,
to kill ,
and to cause to perish ,
all Jews ,
both young and old ,
little children and women ,
in one day ,
even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month ,
which is the month Adar ,
and to take the spoil of them for a prey .