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8 That same day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the adversary of the Jews, to Queen Esther. And Mordecai came before the king (for Esther had told him what he was to her).
2 And the king took off his ring which he had taken from Haman and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3 And Esther spoke to the king again and fell down at his feet, weeping, and begged him to reverse the wickedness of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had imagined against the Jews.
4 And the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther. Then Esther arose and stood before the king,
5 And said, “If it please the king —and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing is acceptable before the king, and I please him —let it be written that the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces, may be revoked.
6 “For how can I suffer and see the evil that shall come to my people? Or how can I suffer and see the destruction of my kindred?”
7 And King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, whom they have hanged upon the tree, because he laid hands upon the Jews.
8 “Also, write for the Jews as you like, in the King’s name; and seal it with the King’s ring.” (for the writings written in the King’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may not be revoked)
9 At that same time, the king’s scribes were called, on the twenty-third day of the third month (that is, the month Sivan). And it was written according to all as Mordecai commanded, to the Jews and to the princes, and captains and rulers of the provinces which were from India to Ethiopia (a hundred and twenty-seven provinces), to every province according to its writing and to every people according to their speech, and to the Jews according to their writing and according to their language.
10 And he wrote in King Ahasuerus’s name, and sealed it with the king’s ring. And he sent letters, by couriers on horseback and by riders of royal steeds.
11 In these, the king granted the Jews (in whatever cities they were) to gather themselves together and to stand for their life —to root out, to slay and to destroy all the power of the people and of the province that attacked them, both children and women, and to plunder their goods —
12 upon one day, in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (which is the month Adar).
13 The copy of the writing was to be given as a decree in all and every province, and published among all the people, so that the Jews would be ready for that day, to avenge themselves on their enemies.
14 So the couriers rode upon royal steeds and went forth with speed to execute the king’s commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan, the palace.
15 And Mordecai went out from the king in royal apparel of blue, and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple. And the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
16 And to the Jews came light and joy and gladness, and honor.
17 Also, in all and every province, and in all and every city and place where the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was joy and gladness to the Jews, a feast and a holiday. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
9 So, in the twelfth month (which is the month Adar), upon the thirteenth day of the same, when the execution of the king’s commandment and his decree drew near, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them (but it had ended differently, for the Jews had rule over those who hated them),
2 the Jews gathered themselves together into their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, to lay hand on those who had 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 princes, and the captains, and the officers of the king, exalted the Jews. For the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
4 For Mordecai was great in the king’s house; and the report of him went through all the provinces. For this man, Mordecai, grew greater and greater.
5 Thus, the Jews struck all their enemies with strokes of the sword and slaughter and destruction and did what they would to those who hated them.
6 And at Shushan, the palace, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,
7 including 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 adversary of the Jews. But they did not lay their hands on the plunder.
11 That same day, the number of those who were killed was reported to the king, to the palace of Shushan.
12 And the king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed in Shushan, the palace, and destroyed five hundred men, including the ten sons of Haman. What have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? And what is your petition, so that it may be given to you? Or, moreover, what is your request, so that it may be performed?”
13 Then Esther said, “If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do again tomorrow according to today’s decree: that they may hang Haman’s ten sons upon the tree.
14 And the king charged to do so. And the decree was given at Shushan. And they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
15 So the Jews who were in Shushan assembled themselves upon the fourteenth day of the month, Adar, and killed three hundred men in Shushan. But they did not lay their hands on the plunder.
16 And the rest of the Jews who were in the king’s provinces assembled themselves and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and killed 75,000 of those who hated them. But they did not lay their hands on the plunder.
17 They did this on the thirteenth day of the month, Adar, and rested the fourteenth day. And they kept it as a day of feasting and joy.
18 But, the Jews who were in Shushan assembled themselves on the thirteenth day, and on the fourteenth. And they rested on the fifteenth and kept it as a day of feasting and joy.
19 Therefore, the Jews of the villages, who dwelt in the un-walled towns, kept the fourteenth day of the month, Adar, with joy and feasting, a joyful holiday. And everyone sent presents to his neighbor.
20 And Mordecai wrote these words and sent letters to all the Jews who were through all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,
21 establishing that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month, Adar, and the fifteenth day, every year,
22 as the days when the Jews rested from their enemies, as the month which was turned from sorrow to joy for them, and from mourning into a joyful day, to keep as days of feasting and joy, and for everyone to send presents to his neighbor, and gifts to the poor.
23 And the Jews promised to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them,
24 because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, all the Jews’ adversary, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur (that is, a lot) to consume and destroy them.
25 And when she came before the king, he commanded by letters, “Let this wicked plan which he imagined against the Jews turn upon his own head; and let them hang him and his sons on the tree.”
26 Therefore, they called these days Purim (from the name, Pur). And because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen besides this, and of that which had come unto them,
27 the Jews also ordained and promised —for them and for their seed, and for all that joined unto them —that they would not fail to observe these two days every year, according to their writing and according to their season,
28 and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation and every family and every province and every city. And these days of Purim should not fail among the Jews, and the memorial of them should not perish from their seed.
29 And Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew wrote with all authority, to confirm this letter of Purim a second time.
30 And he sent letters to all the Jews (to the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus) with words of peace and truth,
31 to confirm these days of Purim, according to their seasons, as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the Queen had appointed them, and as they had promised for themselves and for their seed with fasting and prayer.
32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these words of Purim and was written in the Book.
10 And King Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.
2 And all the acts of his power and of his might and the declaration of the dignity of Mordecai with which the king magnified him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?
3 For Mordecai the Jew was second to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted among the multitude of his brothers. He procured the wealth of his people and spoke peaceably to all his seed.
27 Now you are the body of Christ, and particular members.
28 And God has ordained some in the Church: first Apostles, second Prophets, third teachers, then those who do miracles, after that, the gifts of healing, helping, administration, kinds of tongues.
29 Are all Apostles? Are all Prophets? Are all teachers?
30 Are all doers of miracles? Have all the gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret?
31 But desire the better gifts. And still I will show you a more excellent way.
13 Though I speak with the tongues of man and angels, and do not have love, I am as sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
2 And though I may have the gift of prophecy, and know all secrets and all knowledge; indeed, if I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and do not have love, I am nothing.
3 And though I feed the poor with all my goods, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profits me nothing.
4 Love is patient. Love is kind. Love does not envy. Love does not boast and is not puffed up,
5 It is not rude. It is not selfish. It is not provoked to anger. It thinks no evil:
6 It does not rejoice in injustice but rejoices in the truth.
7 It bears all things: It believes all things. It hopes all things. It endures all things.
8 Love never fails; even though prophecies are ended, languages cease, and knowledge fades away.
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
10 But when That which is perfect comes, then that which is in part shall be abolished.
11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child. I understood as a child. I thought as a child. But when I became a man, I put away childish things.
12 For now we see through a glass darkly. But then shall we see face to face. Now I know in part. But then shall I know just as I also am known.
13 And yet remain faith, hope, love; these three. But the greatest of these is love.
37 Do not fret because of wicked men, nor be envious of evildoers.
2 For they shall soon be cut down like grass and shall wither as the green herb.
3 Trust in the LORD and do good. Dwell in the land, and you shall assuredly be fed.
4 And delight yourself in the LORD; and He shall give you your heart’s desire.
5 Commit your way to the LORD, and trust in Him; and He shall make it so.
6 And He shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgment as the noon day.
7 Wait patiently upon the LORD, and hope in Him. Do not fret over him who prospers in his way, nor over the man who executes wicked schemes.
8 Cease from anger and abandon wrath. Do not fret. It leads only to evil.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off; and those who wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the land.
10 Therefore, yet a little while and the wicked shall not appear; and you shall look for his place and he shall not be found.
11 But meek men shall possess the Earth and shall have their delight in the multitude of peace.
23 He who keeps his mouth and his tongue, keeps his soul from afflictions.
24 Proud, haughty, and scornful are his name who works wrath in his arrogance.
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