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Esther 3:13

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3:13 Letters were sent by the runners to all the king’s provinces stating that 1  they should destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews, from youth to elderly, both women and children, 2  on a particular day, namely the thirteenth day 3  of the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar), and to loot and plunder their possessions.

Esther 7:4

Context
7:4 For we have been sold 4  – both I and my people – to destruction and to slaughter and to annihilation! If we had simply been sold as male and female slaves, I would have remained silent, for such distress would not have been sufficient for troubling the king.”

1 tn The words “stating that” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

2 tn Heb “children and women.” The translation follows contemporary English idiom, which reverses the order.

3 tc The LXX does not include the words “on the thirteenth day.”

4 sn The passive verb (“have been sold”) is noncommittal and nonaccusatory with regard to the king’s role in the decision to annihilate the Jews.



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