Esther 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.

1Sa 15:3; 1Sa 22:19; 2Ch 30:6; Es 8:10,14; Es 8:11; Es 8:12-14; Es 9:10; Job 9:25; Isa 10:6; Jer 51:31; Ro 3:15; Jas 2:13

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.”