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And when he learned of Mordecai’s ethnic identity, it seemed repugnant to Haman to do away with[a] Mordecai alone. He planned to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews,(A) throughout Ahasuerus’s kingdom.(B)

In the first month, the month of Nisan, in King Ahasuerus’s twelfth year,(C) the pur – that is, the lot – was cast before Haman for each day in each month, and it fell on the twelfth month,(D) the month Adar.(E)

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  1. 3:6 Lit to stretch out a hand against