Esther 7:4
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4 For we have been (A)sold, my people and I, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. Had we been sold as (B)male and female slaves, I would have held my tongue, although the enemy could never compensate for the king’s loss.”
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Esther 7:4
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4 For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated.(A) If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.[a]”
Footnotes
- Esther 7:4 Or quiet, but the compensation our adversary offers cannot be compared with the loss the king would suffer
Esther 3:9
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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 3:9
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9 If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will give ten thousand talents[a] of silver to the king’s administrators for the royal treasury.”(A)
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- Esther 3:9 That is, about 375 tons or about 340 metric tons
Deuteronomy 28:68
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68 “And the Lord (A)will take you back to Egypt in ships, by the way of which I said to you, (B)‘You shall never see it again.’ And there you shall be offered for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”
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Deuteronomy 28:68
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68 The Lord will send you back in ships to Egypt on a journey I said you should never make again.(A) There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.
Esther 3:13
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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
Esther 3:13
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13 Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces with the order to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews(A)—young and old, women and children—on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar,(B) and to plunder(C) their goods.
Esther 8:11
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11 By these letters the king permitted the Jews who were in every city to (A)gather together and protect their lives—to (B)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,
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Esther 8:11
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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.
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- Esther 8:11 Or province, together with their women and children, who might attack them;
Amos 2:6
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Judgment on Israel
6 Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of (A)Israel, and for four,
I will not turn away its punishment,
Because (B)they sell the righteous for silver,
And the (C)poor for a pair of sandals.
Amos 2:6
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Judgment on Israel
6 This is what the Lord says:
Joel 3:6
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6 Also the people of Judah and the people of Jerusalem
You have sold to the Greeks,
That you may remove them far from their borders.
Joel 3:6
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6 You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks,(A) that you might send them far from their homeland.
Psalm 44:22-23
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22 (A)Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 (B)Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord?
Arise! Do not cast us off forever.
Esther 7:6
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6 And Esther said, “The adversary and (A)enemy is this wicked Haman!”
So Haman was terrified before the king and queen.
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Esther 7:6
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6 Esther said, “An adversary and enemy! This vile Haman!”
Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen.
Esther 4:7-8
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7 And Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and (A)the sum of money that Haman had promised to pay into the king’s treasuries to destroy the Jews. 8 He also gave him (B)a copy of the written decree for their destruction, which was given at [a]Shushan, that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her, and that he might command her to go in to the king to make supplication to him and plead before him for her people.
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- Esther 4:8 Or Susa
Esther 4:7-8
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7 Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury for the destruction of the Jews.(A) 8 He also gave him a copy of the text of the edict for their annihilation, which had been published in Susa, to show to Esther and explain it to her, and he told him to instruct her to go into the king’s presence to beg for mercy and plead with him for her people.
Nehemiah 5:5
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5 Yet now (A)our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and indeed we (B)are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been brought into slavery. It is not in our power to redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyards.”
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Nehemiah 5:5
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5 Although we are of the same flesh and blood(A) as our fellow Jews and though our children are as good as theirs, yet we have to subject our sons and daughters to slavery.(B) Some of our daughters have already been enslaved, but we are powerless, because our fields and our vineyards belong to others.”(C)
1 Samuel 22:23
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23 Stay with me; do not fear. (A)For he who seeks my life seeks your life, but with me you shall be safe.”
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1 Samuel 22:23
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23 Stay with me; don’t be afraid. The man who wants to kill you(A) is trying to kill me too. You will be safe with me.”
Joshua 9:23
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23 Now therefore, you are (A)cursed, and none of you shall be freed from being slaves—woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
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Joshua 9:23
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23 You are now under a curse:(A) You will never be released from service as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”
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