Esther 9
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Esther 9:24-26

24Because 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;1

25But 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.2

26Wherefore 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,3

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Notes

  1. 1. Esther 9:24 consume: Heb. crush. ↩
  2. 2. Esther 9:25 when…: Heb. when she came. ↩
  3. 3. Esther 9:26 Pur: that is, Lot. ↩

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