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Esther 9:25-27
English Standard Version Anglicised
Esther 9:25-27
English Standard Version Anglicised
25 But when it came before the king, he gave orders in writing (A)that his evil plan which he had devised against the Jews (B)should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.[a] 26 Therefore they called these days Purim, after the term (C)Pur. Therefore, because of all that was written in (D)this letter, and of what they had faced in this matter, and of what had happened to them, 27 the Jews firmly bound themselves and their offspring and (E)all who joined them, that without fail they would keep (F)these two days according to what was written and at the time appointed every year,
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- Esther 9:25 Or suspended on a stake
English Standard Version Anglicised (ESVUK)
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