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highlighted Ezra 7:6 ESV
this Ezra went up from Babylonia. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses that the Lord, the God of Israel, had given, and the king granted him all that he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him.
about 2 months ago
Pridie Roxy
highlighted Ezra 7:1-5 ESV
Now after this, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah,
about 2 months ago
Pridie Roxy
finished reading Esther 6, Esther 7, Esther 8, Esther 9, Esther 10 in Chronological Bible Reading Plan:
On that night the king could not sleep. And he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king....
about 2 months ago
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highlighted Esther 10:3 ESV
For Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Ahasuerus, and he was great among the Jews and popular with the multitude of his brothers, for he sought the welfare of his people and spoke peace to all his people.
about 2 months ago
Pridie Roxy
highlighted Esther 10:1 ESV
King Ahasuerus imposed tax on the land and on the coastlands of the sea.
about 2 months ago
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highlighted Esther 9:26 ESV
Therefore they called these days Purim, after the term Pur. Therefore, because of all that was written in this letter, and of what they had faced in this matter, and of what had happened to them,
about 2 months ago
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highlighted Esther 9:22 ESV
as the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and gifts to the poor.
about 2 months ago
Pridie Roxy
highlighted Esther 9:21 ESV
obliging them to keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and also the fifteenth day of the same, year by year,
about 2 months ago
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highlighted Esther 9:17-18 ESV
This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested and made that a day of feasting and gladness.
about 2 months ago
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highlighted Esther 9:13 ESV
And Esther said, "If it please the king, let the Jews who are in Susa be allowed tomorrow also to do according to this day's edict. And let the ten sons of Haman be hanged on the gallows."
about 2 months ago
Pridie Roxy
highlighted Esther 9:4 ESV
For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces, for the man Mordecai grew more and more powerful.
about 2 months ago
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highlighted Esther 9:1 ESV
Now in the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's command and edict were about to be carried out, on the very day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, the reverse occurred: the Jews gained mastery over those who hated them.
about 2 months ago
Pridie Roxy
highlighted Esther 8:16 ESV
The Jews had light and gladness and joy and honor.
about 2 months ago
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highlighted Esther 8:13 ESV
A copy of what was written was to be issued as a decree in every province, being publicly displayed to all peoples, and the Jews were to be ready on that day to take vengeance on their enemies.
about 2 months ago
Pridie Roxy
highlighted Esther 8:11 ESV
saying that the king allowed the Jews who were in every city to gather and defend their lives, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any armed force of any people or province that might attack them, children and women included, and to plunder their goods,
about 2 months ago
Pridie Roxy
highlighted Esther 8:8 ESV
But you may write as you please with regard to the Jews, in the name of the king, and seal it with the king's ring, for an edict written in the name of the king and sealed with the king's ring cannot be revoked."
about 2 months ago
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highlighted Esther 8:2 ESV
And the king took off his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
about 2 months ago
Pridie Roxy
highlighted Esther 8:1 ESV
On that day King Ahasuerus gave to Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told what he was to her.
about 2 months ago
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highlighted Esther 7:10 ESV
And the king said, "Hang him on that." So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated.
about 2 months ago
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highlighted Esther 7:6 ESV
And Esther said, "A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!" Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.
about 2 months ago