Esther 3:7-9

Christian Standard Bible

⁷ In the first month, the month of Nisan, in King Ahasuerus’s twelfth year,^(A) the pur—that is, the lot—was cast before Haman for each day in each month, and it fell on the twelfth month,^(B) the month Adar.^{(C) 8} Then Haman informed King Ahasuerus, “There is one ethnic group, scattered throughout the peoples in every province of your kingdom,^(D) keeping themselves separate. Their laws are different from everyone else’s and they do not obey the king’s laws.^(E) It is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.^{(F) 9} If the king approves, let an order be drawn up authorizing their destruction, and I will pay 375 tons of silver to^[a] the officials for deposit in the royal treasury.”^(G)