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Skriven 2005-10-01 07:51:38 av Bob Hoffman (8:8/2)
Ärende: Bible Reading for October 2
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From: "Bob Hoffman" <bhoffman@fmlynet.org>

CHAPTER 8
Esther 8:1
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.
Esther 8:2
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. Esther 8:3
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. Esther 8:4
4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and
stood before the king,
Esther 8:5
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:
Esther 8:6
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? Esther 8:7
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. Esther 8:8
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. Esther 8:9
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. #
Esther 8:10
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:
Esther 8:11
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,
Esther 8:12
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. Esther 8:13
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. Esther 8:14
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.
Esther 8:15
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. Esther 8:16
16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour. Esther 8:17
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. CHAPTER 9
Esther 9:1
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;)
Esther 9:2
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.
Esther 9:3
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.
Esther 9:4
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.
Esther 9:5
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.
Esther 9:6
6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
Esther 9:7
7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, Esther 9:8
8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, Esther 9:9
9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha, Esther 9:10
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. Esther 9:11
11 On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was
brought before the king.
Esther 9:12
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.
Esther 9:13
13 Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which
are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let
Haman's ten  sons  be hanged  upon the gallows. Esther 9:14
14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at
Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons. Esther 9:15
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. Esther 9:16
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,
Esther 9:17
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. Esther 9:18
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. Esther 9:19
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. Esther 9:20
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, Esther 9:21
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, Esther 9:22
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. Esther 9:23
23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written
unto them;
Esther 9:24
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; Esther 9:25
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. Esther 9:26
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, Esther 9:27
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;
Esther 9:28
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.
Esther 9:29
29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote
with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim. Esther 9:30
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, Esther
9:31
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.
Esther 9:32
32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was
written in the book.
CHAPTER 10
Esther 10:1
1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of
the sea.
Esther 10:2
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? Esther 10:3
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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