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Esther 3:9
New King James Version
Esther 3:9
New King James Version
9 If it pleases the king, let a decree be written that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who do the work, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.”
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Esther 3:13
New King James Version
Esther 3:13
New King James Version
13 And the letters were (A)sent by couriers into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, little children and women, (B)in one day, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and (C)to plunder their [a]possessions.
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- Esther 3:13 LXX adds the text of the letter here
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