Esther 3:5-7
Christian Standard Bible
5 When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing down or paying him homage, he was filled with rage.(A) 6 And when he learned of Mordecai’s ethnic identity, it seemed repugnant to Haman to do away with[a] Mordecai alone. He planned to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews,(B) throughout Ahasuerus’s kingdom.(C)
7 In the first month, the month of Nisan, in King Ahasuerus’s twelfth year,(D) the pur—that is, the lot—was cast before Haman for each day in each month, and it fell on the twelfth month,(E) the month Adar.(F)
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- 3:6 Lit to stretch out a hand against
Esther 3:5-7
New International Version
5 When Haman saw that Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor, he was enraged.(A) 6 Yet having learned who Mordecai’s people were, he scorned the idea of killing only Mordecai. Instead Haman looked for a way(B) to destroy(C) all Mordecai’s people, the Jews,(D) throughout the whole kingdom of Xerxes.
7 In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the pur(E) (that is, the lot(F)) was cast in the presence of Haman to select a day and month. And the lot fell on[a] the twelfth month, the month of Adar.(G)
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- Esther 3:7 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have And the lot fell on.
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