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   <v n='1'>Now in the <s n="8147 6240">twelfth</s> <s n="2320">month</s>, <s n="1931">that</s> is, the <s n="2320">month</s> <s n="143">Adar</s>, on the <s n="7969 6240">thirteenth</s> <s n="3117">day</s> of the same, <s n="834">when</s> the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="1697">commandment</s> and his <s n="1881">decree</s> drew <s n="5060">near</s> to be put in <s n="6213">execution</s>, in the <s n="3117">day</s> <s n="834">that</s> the <s n="341">enemies</s> of the <s n="3064">Jews</s> <s n="7663">hoped</s> to have <s n="7980">power</s> over them, (though <s n="1931">it</s> was turned to the <s n="2015">contrary</s>, <s n="834">that</s> the <s n="3064">Jews</s> had rule <s n="7980">over</s> <s n="1992">them</s> that <s n="8130">hated</s> them;) </v>
   <v n='2'>The <s n="3064">Jews</s> gathered themselves <s n="6950">together</s> in their <s n="5892">cities</s> throughout <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="4082">provinces</s> of the <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="325">Ahasuerus</s>, to <s n="7971">lay</s> <s n="3027">hand</s> on such as <s n="1245">sought</s> their <s n="7451">hurt</s>: and <s n="3808">no</s> <s n="376">man</s> could <s n="5975">withstand</s> them; <s n="3588">for</s> the <s n="6343">fear</s> of them <s n="5307">fell</s> <s n="5921">upon</s> <s n="3605">all</s> <s n="5971">people</s>. </v>
   <v n='3'>And <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="8269">rulers</s> of the <s n="4082">provinces</s>, and the <s n="323">lieutenants</s>, and the <s n="6346">deputies</s>, and <s n="6213 4399">officers</s> <s n="834">of</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>, <s n="5375">helped</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="3064">Jews</s>; <s n="3588">because</s> the <s n="6343">fear</s> of <s n="4782">Mordecai</s> <s n="5307">fell</s> <s n="5921">upon</s> them. </v>
   <v n='4'><s n="3588">For</s> <s n="4782">Mordecai</s> was <s n="1419">great</s> in the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="1004">house</s>, and his <s n="8089">fame</s> went <s n="1980">out</s> throughout <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="4082">provinces</s>: <s n="3588">for</s> this <s n="376">man</s> <s n="4782">Mordecai</s> <s n="1980">waxed</s> greater and <s n="1419">greater</s>. </v>
   <v n='5'>Thus the <s n="3064">Jews</s> <s n="5221">smote</s> <s n="3605">all</s> their <s n="341">enemies</s> with the <s n="4347">stroke</s> of the <s n="2719">sword</s>, and <s n="2027">slaughter</s>, and <s n="12">destruction</s>, and <s n="6213">did</s> what they <s n="7522">would</s> unto those that <s n="8130">hated</s> them. </v>
   <v n='6'>And in <s n="7800">Shushan</s> the <s n="1002">palace</s> the <s n="3064">Jews</s> <s n="2026">slew</s> and <s n="6">destroyed</s> <s n="2568">five</s> <s n="3967">hundred</s> <s n="376">men</s>. </v>
   <v n='7'>And <s n="6577">Parshandatha</s>, and <s n="1813">Dalphon</s>, and <s n="630">Aspatha</s>, </v>
   <v n='8'>And <s n="6334">Poratha</s>, and <s n="118">Adalia</s>, and <s n="743">Aridatha</s>, </v>
   <v n='9'>And <s n="6534">Parmashta</s>, and <s n="747">Arisai</s>, and <s n="742">Aridai</s>, and <s n="2055">Vajezatha</s>, </v>
   <v n='10'>The <s n="6235">ten</s> <s n="1121">sons</s> of <s n="2001">Haman</s> the <s n="1121">son</s> of <s n="4099">Hammedatha</s>, the <s n="6887">enemy</s> of the <s n="3064">Jews</s>, <s n="2026">slew</s> they; but on the <s n="961">spoil</s> <s n="7971">laid</s> they <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="*853"></s> their <s n="3027">hand</s>. </v>
   <v n='11'>On <s n="1931">that</s> <s n="3117">day</s> the <s n="4557">number</s> of those that were <s n="2026">slain</s> in <s n="7800">Shushan</s> the <s n="1002">palace</s> was <s n="935">brought</s> <s n="6440">before</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>. </v>
   <v n='12'>And the <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="559">said</s> unto <s n="635">Esther</s> the <s n="4436">queen</s>, The <s n="3064">Jews</s> have <s n="2026">slain</s> and <s n="6">destroyed</s> <s n="2568">five</s> <s n="3967">hundred</s> <s n="376">men</s> in <s n="7800">Shushan</s> the <s n="1002">palace</s>, and the <s n="6235">ten</s> <s n="1121">sons</s> of <s n="2001">Haman</s>; <s n="4100">what</s> have they <s n="6213">done</s> in the <s n="7605">rest</s> of the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="4082">provinces</s>? now <s n="4100">what</s> is thy <s n="7596">petition</s>? and it shall be <s n="5414">granted</s> thee: or <s n="4100">what</s> is thy <s n="1246">request</s> <s n="5750">further</s>? and it shall be <s n="6213">done</s>. </v>
   <v n='13'>Then <s n="559">said</s> <s n="635">Esther</s>, <s n="518">If</s> it <s n="2895 5921">please</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>, let it be <s n="5414">granted</s> to the <s n="3064">Jews</s> <s n="834">which</s> are in <s n="7800">Shushan</s> to <s n="6213">do</s> <s n="4279">tomorrow</s> <s n="1571">also</s> according unto this <s n="3117">day</s> 's <s n="1881">decree</s>, and let <s n="2001">Haman</s> 's <s n="6235">ten</s> <s n="1121">sons</s> be <s n="8518">hanged</s> <s n="5921">upon</s> the <s n="6086">gallows</s>. </v>
   <v n='14'>And the <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="559">commanded</s> it <s n="3651">so</s> to be <s n="6213">done</s>: and the <s n="1881">decree</s> was <s n="5414">given</s> at <s n="7800">Shushan</s>; and they <s n="8518">hanged</s> <s n="2001">Haman</s> 's <s n="6235">ten</s> <s n="1121">sons</s>. </v>
   <v n='15'>For the <s n="3064">Jews</s> <s n="834">that</s> were in <s n="7800">Shushan</s> gathered themselves <s n="6950">together</s> on the <s n="702 6240">fourteenth</s> <s n="3117">day</s> <s n="1571">also</s> of the <s n="2320">month</s> <s n="143">Adar</s>, and <s n="2026">slew</s> <s n="7969">three</s> <s n="3967">hundred</s> <s n="376">men</s> at <s n="7800">Shushan</s>; but on the <s n="961">prey</s> they <s n="7971">laid</s> <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="*853"></s> their <s n="3027">hand</s>. </v>
   <v n='16'>But the <s n="7605">other</s> <s n="3064">Jews</s> <s n="834">that</s> were in the <s n="4428">king</s> 's <s n="4082">provinces</s> gathered themselves <s n="6950">together</s>, and <s n="5975">stood</s> <s n="5921">for</s> their <s n="5315">lives</s>, and had <s n="5117">rest</s> from their <s n="4480 341">enemies</s>, and <s n="2026">slew</s> of their <s n="8130">foes</s> <s n="7657">seventy</s> and <s n="2568">five</s> <s n="505">thousand</s>, but they <s n="7971">laid</s> <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="*853"></s> their <s n="3027">hands</s> on the <s n="961">prey</s>, </v>
   <v n='17'>On the <s n="7969 6240">thirteenth</s> <s n="3117">day</s> of the <s n="2320">month</s> <s n="143">Adar</s>; and on the <s n="702 6240">fourteenth</s> day of the same <s n="5117">rested</s> they, and <s n="6213">made</s> it a <s n="3117">day</s> of <s n="4960">feasting</s> and <s n="8057">gladness</s>. </v>
   <v n='18'>But the <s n="3064">Jews</s> <s n="834">that</s> were at <s n="7800">Shushan</s> assembled <s n="6950">together</s> on the <s n="7969 6240">thirteenth</s> day thereof, and on the <s n="702 6240">fourteenth</s> thereof; and on the <s n="2568 6240">fifteenth</s> day of the same they <s n="5117">rested</s>, and <s n="6213">made</s> it a <s n="3117">day</s> of <s n="4960">feasting</s> and <s n="8057">gladness</s>. </v>
   <v n='19'><s n="5921 3651">Therefore</s> the <s n="3064">Jews</s> of the <s n="6521">villages</s>, that <s n="3427">dwelt</s> in the <s n="6519">unwalled</s> <s n="5892">towns</s>, <s n="6213">made</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="702 6240">fourteenth</s> <s n="3117">day</s> of the <s n="2320">month</s> <s n="143">Adar</s> a day of <s n="8057">gladness</s> and <s n="4960">feasting</s>, and a <s n="2896">good</s> <s n="3117">day</s>, and of <s n="4916">sending</s> <s n="4490">portions</s> <s n="376">one</s> to <s n="7453">another</s>. </v>
   <v n='20'>And <s n="4782">Mordecai</s> <s n="3789">wrote</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="428">these</s> <s n="1697">things</s>, and <s n="7971">sent</s> <s n="5612">letters</s> <s n="413">unto</s> <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="3064">Jews</s> <s n="834">that</s> were in <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="4082">provinces</s> of the <s n="4428">king</s> <s n="325">Ahasuerus</s>, both <s n="7138">nigh</s> and <s n="7350">far</s>, </v>
   <v n='21'>To <s n="6965">establish</s> this <s n="5921">among</s> them, that they <s n="1961">should</s> <s n="6213">keep</s> <s n="*853"></s> the <s n="702 6240">fourteenth</s> <s n="3117">day</s> of the <s n="2320">month</s> <s n="143">Adar</s>, and the <s n="2568 6240">fifteenth</s> <s n="3117">day</s> of the same, <s n="3605 8141 8141">yearly</s>, </v>
   <v n='22'>As the <s n="3117">days</s> <s n="834">wherein</s> the <s n="3064">Jews</s> <s n="5117">rested</s> from their <s n="4480 341">enemies</s>, and the <s n="2320">month</s> <s n="834">which</s> was <s n="2015">turned</s> unto them from <s n="4480 3015">sorrow</s> to <s n="8057">joy</s>, and from <s n="4480 60">mourning</s> into a <s n="2896">good</s> <s n="3117">day</s>: that they should <s n="6213">make</s> them <s n="3117">days</s> of <s n="4960">feasting</s> and <s n="8057">joy</s>, and of <s n="4916">sending</s> <s n="4490">portions</s> <s n="376">one</s> to <s n="7453">another</s>, and <s n="4979">gifts</s> to the <s n="34">poor</s>. </v>
   <v n='23'>And the <s n="3064">Jews</s> <s n="6901">undertook</s> to <s n="6213">do</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="834">as</s> they had <s n="2490">begun</s>, and <s n="834">as</s> <s n="4782">Mordecai</s> had <s n="3789">written</s> <s n="413">unto</s> them; </v>
   <v n='24'><s n="3588">Because</s> <s n="2001">Haman</s> the <s n="1121">son</s> of <s n="4099">Hammedatha</s>, the <s n="91">Agagite</s>, the <s n="6887">enemy</s> of <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="3064">Jews</s>, had <s n="2803">devised</s> <s n="5921">against</s> the <s n="3064">Jews</s> to <s n="6">destroy</s> them, and had <s n="5307">cast</s> <s n="6332">Pur</s>, <s n="1931">that</s> is, the <s n="1486">lot</s>, to <s n="2000">consume</s> them, and to <s n="6">destroy</s> them; </v>
   <v n='25'>But when Esther <s n="935">came</s> <s n="6440">before</s> the <s n="4428">king</s>, he <s n="559">commanded</s> <s n="5973">by</s> <s n="5612">letters</s> that his <s n="7451">wicked</s> <s n="4284">device</s>, <s n="834">which</s> he <s n="2803">devised</s> <s n="5921">against</s> the <s n="3064">Jews</s>, should <s n="7725">return</s> <s n="5921">upon</s> his own <s n="7218">head</s>, and that he and his <s n="1121">sons</s> should be <s n="8518">hanged</s> <s n="5921">on</s> the <s n="6086">gallows</s>. </v>
   <v n='26'><s n="5921 3651">Wherefore</s> they <s n="7121">called</s> <s n="428">these</s> <s n="3117">days</s> <s n="6332">Purim</s> <s n="5921">after</s> the <s n="8034">name</s> of <s n="6332">Pur</s>. <s n="5921 3651">Therefore</s> <s n="5921">for</s> <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="1697">words</s> of <s n="2063">this</s> <s n="107">letter</s>, and of that <s n="4100">which</s> they had <s n="7200">seen</s> <s n="5921">concerning</s> this <s n="3602">matter</s>, and <s n="4100">which</s> had <s n="5060">come</s> <s n="413">unto</s> them, </v>
   <v n='27'>The <s n="3064">Jews</s> <s n="6965">ordained</s>, and <s n="6901">took</s> <s n="5921">upon</s> them, and <s n="5921">upon</s> their <s n="2233">seed</s>, and <s n="5921">upon</s> <s n="3605">all</s> such as joined <s n="3867">themselves</s> <s n="5921">unto</s> them, so as it should <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="5674">fail</s>, that they would <s n="6213">keep</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="428">these</s> <s n="8147">two</s> <s n="3117">days</s> according to their <s n="3791">writing</s>, and according to their <s n="2165">appointed</s> <s n="3605">every</s> <s n="8141 8141">year</s>; </v>
   <v n='28'>And that <s n="428">these</s> <s n="3117">days</s> should be <s n="2142">remembered</s> and <s n="6213">kept</s> throughout <s n="3605">every</s> <s n="1755 1755">generation</s>, every <s n="4940 4940">family</s>, every <s n="4082 4082">province</s>, and every <s n="5892 5892">city</s>; and that <s n="428">these</s> <s n="3117">days</s> of <s n="6332">Purim</s> should <s n="3808">not</s> <s n="5674">fail</s> from <s n="4480 8432">among</s> the <s n="3064">Jews</s>, <s n="3808">nor</s> the <s n="2143">memorial</s> of them <s n="5486">perish</s> from their <s n="4480 2233">seed</s>. </v>
   <v n='29'>Then <s n="635">Esther</s> the <s n="4436">queen</s>, the <s n="1323">daughter</s> of <s n="32">Abihail</s>, and <s n="4782">Mordecai</s> the <s n="3064">Jew</s>, <s n="3789">wrote</s> <s n="854">with</s> <s n="3605">all</s> <s n="8633">authority</s>, to <s n="6965">confirm</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="2063">this</s> <s n="8145">second</s> <s n="107">letter</s> of <s n="6332">Purim</s>. </v>
   <v n='30'>And he <s n="7971">sent</s> the <s n="5612">letters</s> <s n="413">unto</s> <s n="3605">all</s> the <s n="3064">Jews</s>, <s n="413">to</s> the <s n="3967">hundred</s> <s n="6242">twenty</s> and <s n="7651">seven</s> <s n="4082">provinces</s> of the <s n="4438">kingdom</s> of <s n="325">Ahasuerus</s>, with <s n="1697">words</s> of <s n="7965">peace</s> and <s n="571">truth</s>, </v>
   <v n='31'>To <s n="6965">confirm</s> <s n="*853"></s> <s n="428">these</s> <s n="3117">days</s> of <s n="6332">Purim</s> in their <s n="2165">times</s> appointed, according <s n="834">as</s> <s n="4782">Mordecai</s> the <s n="3064">Jew</s> and <s n="635">Esther</s> the <s n="4436">queen</s> had <s n="6965 5921">enjoined</s> them, and <s n="834">as</s> they had <s n="6965">decreed</s> <s n="5921">for</s> <s n="5315">themselves</s> and <s n="5921">for</s> their <s n="2233">seed</s>, the <s n="1697">matters</s> of the <s n="6685">fastings</s> and their <s n="2201">cry</s>. </v>
   <v n='32'>And the <s n="3982">decree</s> of <s n="635">Esther</s> <s n="6965">confirmed</s> <s n="428">these</s> <s n="1697">matters</s> of <s n="6332">Purim</s>; and it was <s n="3789">written</s> in the <s n="5612">book</s>. </v>
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