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Esther 8:5
New English Translation
Esther 8:5
New English Translation
5 She said, “If the king is so inclined, and if I have met with his approval, and if the matter is agreeable to the king, and if I am attractive to him, let an edict be written rescinding those recorded intentions of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite,[a] which he wrote in order to destroy the Jews who are throughout all the king’s provinces.
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- Esther 8:5 tc The LXX does not include the expression “the Agagite.”
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