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Bible Reading for October 02
Esther 8
[1] On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy
unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told
what he was unto her.
[2] And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it
unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman. [3] And Esther
spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him
with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that
he had devised against the Jews. [4] Then the king held out the golden sceptre
toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
[5] And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight,
and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let
it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha
the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's
provinces:
[6] For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or
how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? [7] Then the king
Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have
given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows,
because he laid his hand upon the Jews. [8] Write ye also for the Jews, as it
liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the
writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring,
may no man reverse. [9] Then were the king's scribes called at that time in
the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day
thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the
Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces
which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces,
unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people
after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and
according to their language.
[10] And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's
ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and
young dromedaries:
[11] Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather
themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to
cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault
them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
[12] Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the
thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. [13] The copy of
the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto
all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge
themselves on their enemies. [14] So the posts that rode upon mules and camels
went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the
decree was given at Shushan the palace.
[15] And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of
blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine
linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad. [16] The Jews
had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour. [17] And in every province, and
in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the
Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of
the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
Esther 9
[1] Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day
of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in
execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over
them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them
that hated them;)
[2] The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the
provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and
no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people. [3]
And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies,
and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell
upon them.
[4] For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out
throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
[5] Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and
slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
[6] And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
[7] And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, [8] And Poratha, and Adalia,
and Aridatha, [9] And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha, [10]
The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they;
but on the spoil laid they not their hand. [11] On that day the number of
those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.
[12] And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and
destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman;
what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy
petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it
shall be done.
[13] Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews
which are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according unto this day's decree, and
let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. [14] And the king commanded
it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's
ten sons. [15] For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together
on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at
Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand. [16] But the other Jews
that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for
their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy
and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
[17] On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the
same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. [18] But the
Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof;
and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they
rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. [19] Therefore the Jews of
the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the
month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending
portions one to another. [20] And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent
letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king
Ahasuerus, both nigh and far, [21] To stablish this among them, that they
should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the
same, yearly, [22] As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and
the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning
into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of
sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor. [23] And the Jews
undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
[24] Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the
Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is,
the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them; [25] But when Esther came
before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he
devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his
sons should be hanged on the gallows. [26] Wherefore they called these days
Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and
of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto
them, [27] The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and
upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that
they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to
their appointed time every year;
[28] And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every
generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days
of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish
from their seed.
[29] Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew,
wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim. [30] And he
sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces
of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth, [31] To confirm
these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew
and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves
and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.
[32] And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was
written in the book.
Esther 10
[1] And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of
the sea.
[2] And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the
greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written
in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? [3] For
Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and
accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people,
and speaking peace to all his seed.
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