Esther 3:7

⁵ When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.

⁶ And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.

In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

⁸ Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.

⁹ If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
KJV: In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
WEB: In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, and chose the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
ASV: In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, [to] the twelfth [month], which is the month Adar.
DARBY: In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman for each day and for each month, to the twelfth [month], that is, the month Adar.
BLB: In the first month—it [is] the month of Nisan—in the two and tenth year of King Ahasuerus, [they] cast Pur (that [is], the lot) before the face of Haman from day to day and from month to month, [until month] two [and] ten, it [is] the month of Adar.

ÅB: I den første måned, det er måneden nisan, i kong Ahasverus' tolvte år ble det kastet pur, det er lodd, i Hamans påsyn om hver enkelt dag og hver enkelt måned like til den tolvte måned, det er måneden adar.
OTB: I det tolvte året av kong Xerxes, i den første måneden, måneden Nisan, ble pur (det vil si loddet) kastet i Hamans nærvær for å bestemme dagen og måneden, og loddet falt på den tolvte måneden, måneden Adar.
B1930: I den første måned, det er måneden nisan, i kong Ahasverus' tolvte år blev det kastet pur, det er lodd, i Hamans påsyn om hver enkelt dag og hver enkelt måned like til den tolvte måned, det er måneden adar.

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Ezra 6:15
And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
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Proverbs 16:33
The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.
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Esther 9:24–26
For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.
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Ezekiel 21:21–22
For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver.
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Esther 9:17–19
This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.
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Nehemiah 2:1
Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,
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Esther 9:1
On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.
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Matthew 27:35
When they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments by casting lots.
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