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This passage summarizes much of the story of Esther in order to explain the reason for the festival of Purim.
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## Haman ##
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(See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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## Hammedatha ##
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(See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
## Agagite ##
This is the people group of Haman. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
## Pur ##
"Purim" or "lots"
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## and he threw Pur (that is, he threw lots), to crush and destroy them ##
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"and he threw Pur (that is, he cast lots to find out what would be the most lucky day in the year for him to do it on" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])