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1
Now in the twelfth
month
, that
is
, the
month
Adar
, on the thirteenth
day
of the same,
when
the king's
commandment
and his decree
drew near
to be put in execution
,
in the
day
that the enemies
of the Jews
hoped
to have power
over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews
had rule
over them that hated
them;)
2
The Jews
gathered
them
selves together
in their cities
throughout
all
the provinces
of the king
Ahasuerus
,
to lay
hand
on such as sought
their hurt:
and no
man
could withstand
them
;
for the fear
of
them
fell
upon
all
people
.
3
And
all
the rulers
of the provinces
,
and the lieutenants
,
and the deputies
, and officers
of the king
,
helped
the Jews
;
because
the fear
of Mordecai
fell
upon them.
4
For
Mordecai
was
great
in the king's
house
,
and his fame
went out
throughout
all
the provinces
:
for this man
Mordecai
waxed
greater and greater
.
5
Thus the Jews
smote
all
their enemies with the stroke
of the sword
,
and slaughter
,
and destruction
,
and did
what they would
unto those that hated
them.
6
And in Shushan
the palace
the Jews
slew
and destroyed
five
hundred
men
.
7
And Parshandatha
,
and Dalphon
,
and Aspatha
,
8
And Poratha
,
and Adalia
,
and Aridatha
,
9
And Parmashta
,
and Arisai
,
and Aridai
,
and Vajezatha
,
10
The ten
sons
of Haman
the son
of Hammedatha,
the enemy
of the Jews
, slew they; but on the spoil
laid
they not their hand
.
11
On that day
the number
of those that were slain
in Shushan
the palace
was brought
before
the king
.
12
And the king
said
unto Esther
the queen
,
The Jews
have slain
and destroyed
five
hundred
men
in Shushan
the palace
,
and the ten
sons
of Haman
;
what have they
done
in the rest
of the king's
provinces
?
now what
is
thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what
is
thy request further? and it shall be
done
.
13
Then said
Esther
,
If
it please
the king
,
let it be granted
to the Jews
which
are
in Shushan
to do
to morrow
also
according unto this day's
decree
,
and
let Haman's
ten
sons
be hanged
upon the gallows
.
14
And the king
commanded
it
so
to be done
:
and the decree
was given
at Shushan
;
and they hanged
Haman's
ten
sons
.
15
For the Jews
that
were
in Shushan
gathered themselves together
on the fourteenth
day
also
of the month
Adar
,
and slew
three
hundred
men
at Shushan
;
but on the prey
they laid
not their hand
.
16
But the other
Jews
that
were
in the king's
provinces
gathered themselves together
,
and stood
for their lives
, and had rest from their enemies,
and slew
of their foes
seventy
and five
thousand,
but they laid
not their hands
on the prey
,
17
On the thirteenth
day
of the month
Adar
; and on the fourteenth
day
of the same
rested
they, and made
it a
day
of feasting
and gladness
.
18
But the Jews
that
were
at Shushan
assembled together
on the thirteenth
day
thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth
day
of the same they
rested
,
and made
it a day
of feasting
and gladness
.
19
Therefore the Jews
of the villages,
that dwelt
in the unwalled
towns
,
made
the fourteenth
day
of the month
Adar
a
day
of
gladness
and
feasting
,
and
a good
day
,
and
of sending
portions
one
to another
.
20
And Mordecai
wrote
these
things
,
and sent
letters
unto
all
the Jews
that
were
in
all
the provinces
of the king
Ahasuerus
,
both
nigh
and far
,
21
To stablish
this
among them, that they should keep the fourteenth
day
of the month
Adar
, and the fifteenth
day
of the same, yearly,
22
As the days
wherein the Jews
rested
from their enemies,
and the month
which
was turned
unto them from sorrow
to joy
,
and from mourning
into a good
day
:
that they should make
them days
of feasting
and joy
,
and of sending
portions
one
to another
,
and gifts
to the poor
.
23
And the Jews
undertook
to do
as they had begun
,
and as Mordecai
had written
unto them;
24
Because Haman
the son
of Hammedatha,
the Agagite
,
the enemy
of all
the Jews
,
had devised
against
the Jews
to destroy
them, and had cast
Pur
,
that
is
, the lot, to consume them, and
to destroy
them;
25
But when
Esther
came
before
the king
,
he commanded
by letters
that his wicked
device
,
which
he devised
against
the Jews
,
should return
upon his own head
,
and that he and his sons
should be hanged
on the gallows
.
26
Wherefore they called
these
days
Purim
after
the name
of Pur
.
Therefore for all the words
of this letter
,
and
of that
which they had seen
concerning this matter
,
and which had come
unto them,
27
The Jews
ordained
, and took upon them, and upon their seed,
and upon all such as joined
themselves unto them, so as it should not fail,
that they would keep
these
two
days
according to their writing
,
and according to their
appointed
time
every year;
28
And
that
these
days
should be
remembered
and kept
throughout
every generation
,
every
family
,
every
province
,
and every
city
;
and
that
these
days
of Purim
should not fail
from among
the Jews
,
nor the memorial
of them perish
from their seed
.
29
Then Esther
the queen
,
the daughter
of Abihail
,
and Mordecai
the Jew
,
wrote
with all authority
,
to confirm
this second
letter
of Purim
.
30
And he sent
the letters
unto
all
the Jews
, to the hundred twenty
and seven
provinces
of the kingdom
of Ahasuerus
,
with
words
of peace
and truth
,
31
To confirm
these
days
of Purim
in their times
appointed
, according as Mordecai
the Jew
and Esther
the queen
had enjoined
them, and as they had decreed
for themselves
and for their seed
,
the matters
of the fastings
and their cry
.
32
And the decree
of Esther
confirmed
these
matters
of Purim
;
and it was written
in the book
.
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