Esther 3:7-9

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁷ During the twelfth year of King Xerxes’ reign, during the first month, the month of Nisan, a pur (which means “a lot”) was cast before Haman for every day and every month of the year, until Adar, the twelfth month, was chosen.

⁸ Haman said to King Xerxes, “There is a group of people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws are different from those of all the other people. They do not keep the laws of the king. It is not good for the king to allow them to get away with this. ⁹ If the king agrees, a directive should be written to destroy them. I will weigh out ten thousand talents^[a] of silver to the treasury of the king for those who carry out this work.”