Esther 3:8-14

  8 H2001 And Haman H559 [H8799] said H4428 to king H325 Ahasuerus, H3426 There is H259 a certain H5971 people H6340 [H8794] scattered abroad H6504 [H8794] and dispersed H5971 among the people H4082 in all the provinces H4438 of thy kingdom; H1881 and their laws H8138 [H8802] are different H5971 from all people; H6213 [H8802] neither keep H4428 they the king's H1881 laws: H4428 therefore it is not for the king's H7737 [H8802] profit H3240 [H8687] to allow them to remain.

  9 H2895 [H8804] If it shall please H4428 the king, H3789 [H8735] let it be written H6 [H8763] that they may be destroyed: H8254 [H8799] and I will pay H6235 ten H505 thousand H3603 talents H3701 of silver H3027 to the hands H6213 [H8802] of those that have the charge H4399 of the business, H935 [H8687] to bring H4428 it into the king's H1595 treasuries.

  10 H4428 And the king H5493 [H8686] took H2885 his ring H3027 from his hand, H5414 [H8799] and gave H2001 it to Haman H1121 the son H4099 of Hammedatha H91 the Agagite, H6887 [H8802] the one binding H3064 the Judeans.

  11 H4428 And the king H559 [H8799] said H2001 to Haman, H3701 The silver H5414 [H8803] is given H5971 to thee, the people H6213 [H8800] also, to do H5869 with them as it seemeth H2896 good to thee.

  12 H4428 Then were the king's H5608 [H8802] scribes H7121 [H8735] called H7969 H6240 on the thirteenth H3117 day H7223 of the first H2320 month, H3789 [H8735] and there was written H2001 according to all that Haman H6680 [H8765] had commanded H4428 to the king's H323 satraps, H6346 and to the governors H4082 that were over every province, H8269 and to the princes H5971 of every people H4082 of every province H3791 according to the writing H5971 of it, and to every people H3956 after their language; H8034 in the name H4428 of king H325 Ahasuerus H3789 [H8737] was it written, H2856 [H8738] and sealed H4428 with the king's H2885 ring.

  13 H5612 And the letters H7971 [H8736] were sent H3027 by H7323 [H8801] posts H4428 into all the king's H4082 provinces, H8045 [H8687] to desolate, H2026 [H8800] to kill, H6 [H8763] and to cause to perish, H3064 all Judeans, H5288 both young H2205 and old, H2945 little children H802 and women, H259 in one H3117 day, H7969 H6240 even upon the thirteenth H8147 H6240 day of the twelfth H2320 month, H2320 which is the month H143 Adar, H7998 and to plunder H962 [H8800] them for spoil.

  14 H6572 The copy H3791 of the writing H1881 for a commandment H5414 [H8736] to be given H4082 in every province H1540 [H8803] was proclaimed H5971 to all people, H6264 that they should be ready H3117 for that day.