In the first month, the month of Nisan,[a] in King Ahasuerus’s twelfth year,[b](A) Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman for each day in each month, and it fell on the twelfth month,(B) the month Adar.[c](C)

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 3:7 = March–April; called Abib in the pre-exilic period; Ex 13:4; Dt 16:1
  2. Esther 3:7 474 b.c.
  3. Esther 3:7 = February–March

In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the pur(A) (that is, the lot(B)) 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.(C)

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  1. Esther 3:7 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have And the lot fell on.

12 This would take place on a single day throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.[a](A)

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  1. Esther 8:12 = February–March

12 The day appointed for the Jews to do this in all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.(A)

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