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# the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day
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See how you translated a similar phrase in [Esther 3:13](../03/13.md).
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# when the king's law and decree were about to be carried out
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"Carry out" here is an idiom meaning to do something that was commanded or planned. This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "when the people were about to obey the king's law and decree" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# to gain power over them
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Gaining power over people is an idiom for defeating them. Alternate translation: "to defeat the Jews" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# it was reversed
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"the situation was reversed." The situation being reversed is a metaphor meaning that the opposite of what was expected happened. Alternate translation: "the opposite happened" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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