King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, “Look, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther,(A) and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked[a] the Jews.(B) Write in the king’s name whatever pleases you(C) concerning the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring.(D) A document written in the king’s name and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”(E)

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  1. 8:7 Lit stretched out his hand against

10 Mordecai wrote in King Ahasuerus’s name and sealed the edicts with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers,(A) who rode fast horses(B) bred in the royal stables.

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