Esther 3:6-15 And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai : wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus , even the people of Mordecai.

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6 H5869 And he thought H959 scorn [H8799] H7971 to lay [H8800] H3027 hands H4782 on Mordecai H5046 alone; for they had shewed [H8689] H5971 him the people H4782 of Mordecai H2001 : wherefore Haman H1245 sought [H8762] H8045 to destroy [H8687] H3064 all the Jews H4438 that were throughout the whole kingdom H325 of Ahasuerus H5971 , even the people H4782 of Mordecai.

7 H7223 In the first H2320 month H2320 , that is, the month H5212 Nisan H8147 , in the twelfth H6240 H8141 year H4428 of king H325 Ahasuerus H5307 , they cast [H8689] H6332 Pur H1486 , that is, the lot H6440 , before H2001 Haman H3117 from day H3117 to day H2320 , and from month H2320 to month H8147 , to the twelfth H6240 H2320 month, that is, the month H143 Adar.

8 H2001 And Haman H559 said [H8799] H4428 unto king H325 Ahasuerus H3426 , There is H259 a certain H5971 people H6340 scattered abroad [H8794] H6504 and dispersed [H8794] H5971 among the people H4082 in all the provinces H4438 of thy kingdom H1881 ; and their laws H8138 are diverse [H8802] H5971 from all people H6213 ; neither keep [H8802] H4428 they the king's H1881 laws H4428 : therefore it is not for the king's H7737 profit [H8802] H3240 to suffer [H8687] them.

9 H2895 If it please [H8804] H4428 the king H3789 , let it be written [H8735] H6 that they may be destroyed [H8763] H8254 : and I will pay [H8799] H6235 ten H505 thousand H3603 talents H3701 of silver H3027 to the hands H6213 of those that have the charge [H8802] H4399 of the business H935 , to bring [H8687] H4428 it into the king's H1595 treasuries.

10 H4428 And the king H5493 took [H8686] H2885 his ring H3027 from his hand H5414 , and gave [H8799] H2001 it unto Haman H1121 the son H4099 of Hammedatha H91 the Agagite H3064 , the Jews H6887 ' enemy [H8802] .

11 H4428 And the king H559 said [H8799] H2001 unto Haman H3701 , The silver H5414 is given [H8803] H5971 to thee, the people H6213 also, to do [H8800] H5869 with them as it seemeth H2896 good to thee.

12 H4428 Then were the king's H5608 scribes [H8802] H7121 called [H8735] H7969 on the thirteenth H6240 H3117 day H7223 of the first H2320 month H3789 , and there was written [H8735] H2001 according to all that Haman H6680 had commanded [H8765] H4428 unto the king's H323 lieutenants H6346 , and to the governors H4082 that were over every province H8269 , and to the rulers H5971 of every people H4082 of every province H3791 according to the writing H5971 thereof, and to every people H3956 after their language H8034 ; in the name H4428 of king H325 Ahasuerus H3789 was it written [H8737] H2856 , and sealed [H8738] H4428 with the king's H2885 ring.

13 H5612 And the letters H7971 were sent [H8736] H3027 by H7323 posts [H8801] H4428 into all the king's H4082 provinces H8045 , to destroy [H8687] H2026 , to kill [H8800] H6 , and to cause to perish [H8763] H3064 , all Jews H5288 , both young H2205 and old H2945 , little children H802 and women H259 , in one H3117 day H7969 , even upon the thirteenth H6240 H8147 day of the twelfth H6240 H2320 month H2320 , which is the month H143 Adar H7998 , and to take the spoil H962 of them for a prey [H8800] .

14 H6572 The copy H3791 of the writing H1881 for a commandment H5414 to be given [H8736] H4082 in every province H1540 was published [H8803] H5971 unto all people H6264 , that they should be ready H3117 against that day.

15 H7323 The posts [H8801] H3318 went out [H8804] H1765 , being hastened [H8803] H4428 by the king's H1697 commandment H1881 , and the decree H5414 was given [H8738] H7800 in Shushan H1002 the palace H4428 . And the king H2001 and Haman H3427 sat down [H8804] H8354 to drink [H8800] H5892 ; but the city H7800 Shushan H943 was perplexed [H8737] .