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- Esther Chapter 8 -
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- And [G2532] in [G1722] that [G1473] the [G3588] day [G2250] the [G3588] king Artaxerxes presented [G1433] the [G3588] to Esther as much as [G3745] existed [G5224] to Haman the [G3588] slanderer [G1228]. And [G2532] Mordecai was called on [G4341] by [G3844] the [G3588] king , for Esther indicated [G5263][G1063] how [G3754] he was related to her [G1473].
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- took [G2983] And [G1161] the [G3588] king the [G3588] ring [G1146] which [G3739] he removed [from] Haman, and [G2532] he gave [it [G1325] to Mordecai. And [G2532] Esther placed [G2525] Mordecai over [G1909] all [G3956] the [things] [G3588] of the [G3588] Haman.
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- And [G2532] proceeding [G4369], she spoke [G2980] to [G4314] the [G3588] king , and [G2532] fell [G4363] unto [G1909] the [G3588] feet [G4228] of him [G1473], and [G2532] petitioned him to remove the [G3588] evil of Haman [G2549], and [G2532] as much as [G3745] he did [G4160] to the [G3588] Jews.
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- stretched out [G1614] And [G1161] the [G3588] king to Esther the [G3588] rod [G4464] the [G3588] gold [G5552], and [G2532] Esther arose [G1825] to stand beside [G3936] the [G3588] king .
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- And [G2532] Esther said [G2036], If [G1487] it seems [good [G1380] to you [G1473], and [G2532] I found [G2147] favor [G5484], let it be sent forth [G3992] to return the [G3588] letters [G1121] the [G3588] being sent from Haman, the [G3588] [ones] having been written [G1125] to destroy the [G3588] Jews who [G3739] are in [G1722] the [G3588] your government '[G1473].
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- For how [G4459][G1063] will I be able [G1410] to look [at] [G1492] the [G3588] ill treatment [G2561] of the [G3588] my people [G2992][G1473]? And [G2532] how [G4459] will I be able [G1410] to be delivered [G4982] in [G1722] the [G3588] destruction of the [G3588] my fatherland [G3968][G1473]?
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- And [G2532] said [G2036] the [G3588] king to [G4314] Esther, If [G1487] all [G3956] the [G3588] possessions [G5224] of Haman I gave [G1325] and [G2532] granted [G5483] to you [G1473], and [G2532] he [G1473] I hanged [G2910] upon [G1909] tree [G3586] for [G3754] the [G3588] hands [G5495] he bore against [G2018] the [G3588] Jews, what [G5100] yet [G2089] do you anxiously seek [G1934]?
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- write [G1125] And you [G2532][G1473] in [G1537] the [G3588] name [G3686] of me [G1473] as [G5613] it seems good [G1380] to you [G1473], and [G2532] set a seal with [G4972] the [G3588] my ring [G1146][G1473]! For as much as [G3745][G1063] [is] written [G1125] of the [G3588] king in giving an order [G2004], and [G2532] seal should be set [G4972] the [G3588] by my ring [G1146][G1473], it not [G3756] is to them [G1473] to contradict .
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- were called [G2564] And [G1161] the [G3588] scholars (scribes) '[G1122] (soferim [H5613])] in [G1722] the [G3588] first [G4413] month [G3376], which [G3739] is Nisan , on the [G3588] third [G5154] and [G2532] twentieth day of the [G3588] same [G1473] year [G2094]. And [G2532] it was written [G1125] to the [G3588] Jews, as much as [G3745] was given charge [G1781] to the [G3588] [local] managers [G3623], and [G2532] to the [G3588] rulers of the [G3588] satrapies from the [G3588] India unto [G2193] the [G3588] Ethiopia -- a hundred [G1540] twenty-seven satrapies , according to [G2596] place [G5561] by [G2532] place [G5561], according to [G2596] the [G3588]ir [G1438] form of speech .
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- And it was written [G1125][G1161] through [G1223] the [G3588] king , and [G2532] the seal was set by [G4972] the [G3588] his ring [G1146][G1473], and [G2532] they sent out [G1821] the [G3588] letters [G1121] by [G1223] couriers ,
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- as [G5613] he gave orders [G2004] to them [G1473] to deal with [G5530] the [G3588]ir laws [G3551][G1473] in [G1722] every [G3956] city [G4172], both to help [G5037] them [G1473] and [G2532] to deal with [G5530] the [G3588]ir opponents [G1473], and [G2532] with the [G3588]ir adversaries [G1473] as [G5613] they wanted [G1014],
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- on [G1722] day [G2250] one [G1520] in [G1722] all [G3956] the [G3588] government ' of Artaxerxes, on the [G3588] thirteenth [day of the [G3588] twelfth [G1428] month [G3376], which [G3739] is Adar .
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- And the [G3588][G1161] copies , let them be displayed [G1620] clear to the eyes in [G1722] all [G3956] the [G3588] government ', prepared [G2092] and for [G5037] to be all [G3956] the [G3588] Jews] for [G1519] this [G3778] the [G3588] day [G2250], for them to wage war against [G4170][G1473] their the [G3588] opponents [G5227].
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- Then the [G3588][G3303][G3767] horsemen [G2460] went forth [G1831] hastening [G4692] the [things] [G3588] by [G5259] the [G3588] king being spoken [G3004] to complete [G2005]. was displayed [G1620] And [G1161] the [G3588] order also [G2532] in [G1722] Shushan.
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- the [G3588] And [G1161] Mordecai went forth [G1831] robed in the [G3588] royal apparel [G4749], and [G2532] a crown [G4735] having [G2192] of gold [G5552], and [G2532] a diadem [G1238] fine line [G1039] of purple [G4210]. looking [at] [G1492] And [G1161] the [ones] the [G3588] in [G1722] Shushan] rejoiced [G5463].
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- And to the [G3588][G1161] Jews there became [G1096] light [G5457] and [G2532] gladness [G2167].
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- [In each [G2596] city [G4172] and [G2532] place [G5561] of which [G3739] ever was displayed [G1620] the [G3588] public notice , [there was] joy [G5479] and [G2532] gladness [G2167] [among] the [G3588] Jews, [with] toasting and [G2532] gladness [G2167]. And [G2532] many [G4183] of the [G3588] tradition-peoples (ethnics) '[G1484] were circumcised [G4059], and [G2532] [were] Jewish-like [G2450] because of [G1223] the [G3588] fear [G5401] of the [G3588] Jews.
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