2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# the king's scribes were summoned ... a decree containing all that Haman had commanded was written
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2024-06-23 20:48:32 +00:00
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"the king summoned his scribes ... they wrote a decree containing all that Haman had commanded"
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# thirteenth day of the first month
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2024-06-23 20:48:32 +00:00
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This is the first month of the Hebrew calendar. The thirteenth day is near the beginning of April on Western calendars.
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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# king's provincial governors
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2024-06-23 20:48:32 +00:00
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"governors of the provinces." Translate "province" as in Esther 1:1.
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2020-04-06 18:37:47 +00:00
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# It was written in the name of King Xerxes and was sealed with his ring
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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2024-06-23 20:48:32 +00:00
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"They wrote the decree in the authority of King Xerxes and Haman sealed it with the king's signet ring"
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2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
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