²⁷ The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because their sister had been defiled.

¹⁰ For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

¹⁶ The remainder of the Jews in the king’s provinces ^(A)gathered together and protected their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of their enemies; ^(B)but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

^10 (A)the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews—they killed; ^(B)but they did not lay a hand on the ^[a]plunder.

²¹ When I saw among the spoils a beautiful Babylonian garment, two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels, I ^[a]coveted them and took them. And there they are, hidden in the earth in the midst of my tent, with the silver under it.”