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Esther 8:3-5
International Standard Version
Esther 8:3-5
International Standard Version
Esther Asks that the Jewish People be Spared
3 Then Esther spoke to the king again and fell at his feet. She wept and pleaded with him for mercy to overturn the evil plan devised[a] by Haman the Agagite and his plot against the Jewish people. 4 The king extended the golden scepter to Esther, and she got up and stood before the king. 5 She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I’ve found favor with him, and if the matter is proper in the king’s opinion, and if I’m pleasing to the king, let an order be issued[b] revoking the letters devised by Hammedatha the Agagite’s son Haman, which ordered[c] the destruction of the Jewish people throughout the king’s provinces.
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- Esther 8:3 The Heb. lacks devised
- Esther 8:5 Lit. let it be written
- Esther 8:5 Lit. were written
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