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Chapter 8 On that day did the king
Ahasuerus give the house of Haman,

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the Jew's enemy, unto Esther the queen.

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And Mordecai came before the king,
for Esther had told what he was unto her.

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And the king took off his ring,
which he had taken from Haman,

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and gave it unto Mordecai.

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And Esther set Mordecai over the house of
Haman.

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And Esther spake yet again before the
king, and fell down at his feet,

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and besought him with tears to put away
the mischief of Haman the Agagite,

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and his device that he had devised against
the Jews.

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Then the king held out the golden sceptre
toward Esther.

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So Esther arose, and stood before the
king, and said, If it please the king,

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and if I have found favour in his sight,
and the thing seem right before the king,

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and I be pleasing in his eyes,
let it be written to reverse the letters

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devised by Haman, the son of Hamadatha,
the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the

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Jews which are in all the king's
provinces.

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For how can I endure to see the evil which
shall come unto my people?

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For how can I endure to see the
destruction of my kindred?

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Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther
the queen, and to Mordecai the Jew,

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Behold, I have given Esther the house of
Haman, and him they have hanged upon the

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gallows, because he laid his hand upon the
Jews.

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Write ye also for the Jews as it liketh
you, in the king's name, and seal it with

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the king's ring.

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For the writing which is written in the
king's name, and sealed with the king's

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ring, may no man reverse.

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Then were the king's scribes called at
that time in the third month, that is the

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month Sivan, on the three and twentieth
day thereof.

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And it was written according to all that
Mordecai commanded unto the Jews,

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and to the lieutenants, and the deputies
and rulers of the provinces, which are

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from India unto Ethiopia, and hundred
twenty and seven provinces, unto every

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province according to the writing thereof,
and unto every people after their

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language, and to the Jews according to
their writing, and according to their

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language.

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And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus's name,
and sealed it with the king's ring,

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and sent letters by posts, on horseback,
and riders on mules, camels, and young

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dromedaries.

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Wherein the king granted the Jews which
were in every city, to gather themselves

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together, and to stand for their life,
to destroy, to slay, and to cause to

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perish, all the power of the people and
province that would assault them,

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both little ones and women, and to take
the spoil of them for a prey, upon one day

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in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus,
namely, upon the thirteenth day of the

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twelfth month, which is the month Adar.

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The copy of the writing for a commandment
to be given in every province was

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published unto all people.

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And that the Jews should be ready against
that day, to avenge themselves on their

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enemies.

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So the posts that rode upon mules and
camels went out, being hastened and

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pressed on by the king's commandment.

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And the decree was given at Shushan the
palace.

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And Mordecai went out from the presence of
the king in royal apparel of blue and

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white, and with a great crown of gold,
and with a garment of fine linen and

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purple.

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And the city of Shushan rejoiced and was
glad.

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The Jews had light and gladness and joy
and honor.

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And in every province and in every city,
whithersoever the king's commandment and

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his decree came, the Jews had joy and
gladness, a feast and a good day.

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And many of the people of the land became
Jews, for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.