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Esther 8:12

Ahasuerus

10 Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.

11 By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.

The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

13 A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

14 The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.

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BSB
The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
KJV
Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
WEB
on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
ASV
upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, [namely], upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
DARBY
upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, upon the thirteenth of the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
BLB
on a single day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the three and tenth [day] of the two and tenth month, it [is], the month of Adar.
ÅB
alt på en og samme dag i alle kong Ahasverus' landskaper, på den trettende dag i den tolvte måned, det er måneden adar.
OTB
Dette skulle gjøres på en enkelt dag i alle kong Ahasverus' provinser, den trettende dagen i den tolvte måneden, måneden Adar.
B1930
alt på en og samme dag i alle kong Ahasverus' landskaper, på den trettende dag i den tolvte måned, det er måneden adar.

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Cross references

  • 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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  • Esther 3:13–15

    And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.

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  • Exodus 15:9–10

    The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’

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  • Judges 1:6–7

    As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.

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