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Esther 8:13

פַּתְשֶׁגֶן הַכְּתָב לְהִנָּתֵֽן דָּת בְּכָל ־ מְדִינָה וּמְדִינָה גָּלוּי לְכָל ־ הָעַמִּים וְלִהְיוֹת היהודיים עתודים לַיּוֹם הַזֶּה לְהִנָּקֵם מֵאֹיְבֵיהֶֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

In Context

12בְּיוֹם אֶחָד בְּכָל ־ מְדִינוֹת הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁה עָשָׂר לְחֹדֶשׁ שְׁנֵים ־ עָשָׂר הוּא ־ חֹדֶשׁ אֲדָֽר ׃

14הָרָצִים רֹכְבֵי הָרֶכֶשׁ הָֽאֲחַשְׁתְּרָנִים יָֽצְאוּ מְבֹהָלִים וּדְחוּפִים בִּדְבַר הַמֶּלֶךְ וְהַדָּת נִתְּנָה בְּשׁוּשַׁן הַבִּירָֽה ׃ פ

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Cross References

Judges 16:28וַיִּקְרָא שִׁמְשׁוֹן אֶל ־ יְהוָה וַיֹּאמַר אֲדֹנָי יֱהֹוִה זָכְרֵנִי נָא וְחַזְּקֵנִי נָא אַךְ הַפַּעַם הַזֶּה הָאֱלֹהִים וְאִנָּקְמָה נְקַם ־ אַחַת מִשְּׁתֵי עֵינַי מִפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים ׃

Psalms 37:14חֶרֶב ׀ פָּֽתְחוּ רְשָׁעִים וְדָרְכוּ קַשְׁתָּם לְהַפִּיל עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן לִטְבוֹחַ יִשְׁרֵי ־ דָֽרֶךְ ׃

Psalms 92:10כִּי הִנֵּה אֹיְבֶיךָ ׀ יְֽהוָה כִּֽי ־ הִנֵּה אֹיְבֶיךָ יֹאבֵדוּ יִתְפָּרְדוּ כָּל ־ פֹּעֲלֵי אָֽוֶן ׃

Matthew Henry on Esther 8:4-15

The Jews Encouraged to Self-Defence. ( b. c. 510.) 3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews. 4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king, 5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

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