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Greek Esther 3:8-10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Greek Esther 3:8-10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Decree against the Jews
8 Then Haman[a] said to King Artaxerxes, “There is a certain nation scattered among the other nations in all your kingdom; their laws are different from those of every other nation, and they do not keep the laws of the king. It is not expedient for the king to tolerate them.(A) 9 If it pleases the king, let him decree that they are to be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the king’s treasury.” 10 So the king took off his signet ring and gave it to Haman to seal the decree[b] that was to be written against the Jews.(B)
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