So the royal scribes ¹  were summoned in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month. Everything Haman commanded was written to the king’s satraps ²  and governors who were in every province and to the officials of every people, province by province according to its script and people by people according to its language. In the name of King Ahasuerus it was written and sealed with the king’s signet ring.

He said, “What pledge should I give you?” She replied, “Your seal, your cord, and the staff that’s in your hand.” So he gave them to her and had sex with her. ¹  She became pregnant by him.

They set the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved as with the engravings of a seal ¹  with the names of the sons of Israel. ² 

They made a plate, the holy diadem, of pure gold and wrote on it an inscription, as on the engravings of a seal, “Holiness to the Lord.”

Therefore after I have completed this and have safely delivered this bounty to them, ¹  I will set out for Spain by way of you,

While they were bringing her out, she sent word ¹  to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these belong.” ²  Then she said, “Identify ³  the one to whom the seal, cord, and staff belong.”

What is your verdict?” ¹  They ²  answered, “He is guilty and deserves ³  death.”

the oath ¹  that he swore to our ancestor ²  Abraham. This oath grants ³ 

so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the Lord your God is making with you today. ¹ 

“Son of man, sing ¹  a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘You were the sealer ²  of perfection, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.

When Ephraim ¹  spoke, ²  there was terror; ³  he was exalted ⁴  in Israel, but he became guilty by worshiping Baal and died.

Moreover, as for you, because of our covenant relationship secured with blood, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ,

(They gave their word ¹  to send away their wives; their guilt offering was a ram from the flock for their guilt.)

before I depart, never to return, ¹  to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow, ² 

Therefore, he knows their deeds, he overthrows them ¹  in the night ²  and they are crushed.

You made the earth quake; you split it open. ¹  Repair its breaches, for it is ready to fall. ² 

O Lord, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening ¹  of my lips! ² 

for this is my blood, the blood ¹  of the covenant, ²  that is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

He said to them, “This is my blood, the blood ¹  of the covenant, ²  that is poured out for many.