Esther 3:5-13

  5 H2001 When Haman H7200 saw H4782 that Mordecai H3766 didn't bow H7812 down, nor pay him homage, H2001 Haman H4390 was full H2534 of wrath.

  6 H959 But he scorned H5869 the thought H7971 of laying H3027 hands H4782 on Mordecai H5046 alone, for they had made known H4782 to him Mordecai's H5971 people. H2001 Therefore Haman H1245 sought H8045 to destroy H3064 all the Jews H4438 who were throughout the whole kingdom H325 of Ahasuerus, H4782 even Mordecai's H5971 people.

  7 H7223 In the first H2320 month, H2320 which is the month H5212 Nisan, H8147 in the twelfth H8141 year H4428 of King H325 Ahasuerus, H5307 they cast H6332 Pur, H1486 that is, the lot, H6440 before H2001 Haman H3117 from day H3117 to day, H2320 and from month H2320 to month, H8147 and chose the twelfth H2320 month, which is the month H143 Adar.

  8 H2001 Haman H559 said H4428 to 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 your kingdom, H1881 and their laws H8138 are different H5971 than other people's. H6213 They don't keep H4428 the king's H1881 laws. H4428 Therefore it is not for the king's H7737 profit H3240 to allow them to remain.

  9 H2895 If it pleases 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 who are in charge H4399 of the king's business, H935 to bring H4428 it into the king's H1595 treasuries."

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

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

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

  13 H5612 Letters H7971 were sent H3027 by H7323 couriers H4428 into all the king's H4082 provinces, H8045 to destroy, H2026 to kill, H8045 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 on the thirteenth H3117 day H8147 of the twelfth H2320 month, H2320 which is the month H143 Adar, H7998 and to plunder their possessions.