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Esther 8:10-12
King James Version
Esther 8:10-12
King James Version
10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
11 Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
12 Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
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Esther 8:10-12
New International Version
Esther 8:10-12
New International Version
10 Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes, sealed the dispatches with the king’s signet ring, and sent them by mounted couriers, who rode fast horses especially bred for the king.
11 The king’s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the armed men of any nationality or province who might attack them and their women and children,[a] and to plunder(A) the property of their enemies. 12 The day appointed for the Jews to do this in all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.(B)
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- Esther 8:11 Or province, together with their women and children, who might attack them;
Esther 8:10-12
New King James Version
Esther 8:10-12
New King James Version
10 (A)And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, sealed it with the king’s signet ring, and sent letters by couriers on horseback, riding on royal horses [a]bred from swift steeds.
11 By these letters the king permitted the Jews who were in every city to (B)gather together and protect their lives—to (C)destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province that would assault them, both little children and women, and to plunder their possessions, 12 (D)on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of [b]Adar.
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- Esther 8:10 Lit. sons of the swift horses
- Esther 8:12 LXX adds the text of the letter here
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