Esther 3:8-15

  8 H2001 And Haman H559 said H4428 unto king H325 Ahasuerus, H3426 There is H259 a certain H5971 people H6340 scattered abroad H6504 and dispersed H5971 among the peoples H4082 in all the provinces H4438 of thy kingdom; H1881 and their laws H8138 are diverse H5971 from those of every people; H6213 neither keep H4428 they the king's H1881 laws: H4428 therefore it is not for the king's H7737 profit H3240 to suffer them.

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

  10 H4428 And the king H5493 took H2885 his ring H3027 from his hand, H5414 and gave H2001 it unto Haman H1121 the son H4099 of Hammedatha H91 the Agagite, H3064 the Jews' H6887 enemy.

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

  12 H4428 Then were the king's H5608 scribes H7121 called H7223 in the first H2320 month, H7969 on the thirteenth H3117 day H3789 thereof; and there was written H2001 according to all that Haman H6680 commanded H4428 unto 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 to every province H3791 according to the writing H5971 thereof, and to every people H3956 after their language; H8034 in the name H4428 of king H325 Ahasuerus H3789 was it written, H2856 and it was sealed H4428 with the king's H2885 ring.

  13 H5612 And letters H7971 were sent H3027 by H7323 posts H4428 into all the king's H4082 provinces, H8045 to destroy, H8045 to slay, and to cause to perish, H3064 all Jews, H5288 both young H2205 and old, H2945 little children H802 and women, H259 in one H3117 day, H7969 even upon the thirteenth H3117 day H8147 of the twelfth H2320 month, H2320 which is the month H143 Adar, H7998 and to take the spoil H962 of them for a prey.

  14 H6572 A copy H3791 of the writing, H1881 that the decree H5414 should be given H4082 out in every province, H1540 was published H5971 unto all the peoples, H6264 that they should be ready H3117 against that day.

  15 H7323 The posts H3318 went forth H1765 in haste H4428 by the king's H1697 commandment, H1881 and the decree H5414 was given H7800 out in Shushan H1002 the palace. H4428 And the king H2001 and Haman H3427 sat down H8354 to drink; H5892 but the city H7800 of Shushan H943 was perplexed.