¹⁵ The Jews who were in Susa gathered also on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and they killed 300 men in Susa, but they laid no hands on the plunder.

^10 (A)the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, ^(B)the enemy of the Jews, ^(C)but they laid no hand on the plunder.

¹¹ saying that the king allowed the Jews who were in every city ^(A)to gather and defend their lives, ^(B)to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any armed force of any people or province that might attack them, children and women included, ^(C)and to plunder their goods,

⁵ Keep your life ^(A)free from love of money, and ^(B)be content with what you have, for he has said, ^(C)“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

²² Abstain from every form of evil.

^16 (A)Now the rest of the Jews who were in the king's provinces also ^(B)gathered to defend their lives, and got relief from their enemies and killed 75,000 of those who hated them, but they laid no hands on the plunder.

¹³ And Esther said, “If it please the king, let the Jews who are in Susa be allowed ^(A)tomorrow also to do according to this day's edict. And let the ten sons of Haman be hanged on the gallows.”^[a]

^2 (A)The Jews gathered in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to lay hands on those who sought their harm. And no one could stand against them, ^(B)for the fear of them had fallen on all peoples.