Esther 3:7-11

New American Standard Bible

⁷ In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, ^[a]Pur, that is the lot, was ^(A)cast before Haman from day to day and from month to month, ^[b]until the twelfth month, that is ^(B)the month Adar. ⁸ Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; ^(C)their laws are different from those of all other people and they do not ^[c]comply with the king’s laws, so it is not in the king’s interest to let them remain. ⁹ If it is pleasing to the king, let it be ^[d]decreed that they be eliminated, and I will pay ^[e]ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry out the king’s business, to put into the king’s treasuries.” ¹⁰ Then ^(D)the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha ^(E)the Agagite, ^(F)the enemy of the Jews. ¹¹ And the king said to Haman, “The silver is ^[f]yours, and the people also, to do with them as you please.”