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Esther 3:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" And they in the king’s palace said to Mordecai, “Mordecai, why do you transgress the commands of the king?” "

Esther 3:3

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1 After this, King Ahasuerus highly honored Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Bugaean. He exalted him and set his seat above all his friends.

2 All in the palace bowed down to him, for so the king had given orders to do; but Mordecai didn’t bow down to him.

3 And they in the king’s palace said to Mordecai, “Mordecai, why do you transgress the commands of the king?”

4 They questioned him daily, but he didn’t listen to them; so they reported to Haman that Mordecai resisted the commands of the king; and Mordecai had shown to them that he was a Jew.

5 When Haman understood that Mordecai didn’t bow down to him, he was greatly enraged,

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Esther 3:1

"After this, King Ahasuerus highly honored Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Bugaean. He exalted him and set his seat above all his friends."

Esther 3:2

"All in the palace bowed down to him, for so the king had given orders to do; but Mordecai didn’t bow down to him."

Esther 3:4

"They questioned him daily, but he didn’t listen to them; so they reported to Haman that Mordecai resisted the commands of the king; and Mordecai had shown to them that he was a Jew."

Esther 3:5

"When Haman understood that Mordecai didn’t bow down to him, he was greatly enraged,"

Esther 3:6

"and plotted to utterly destroy all the Jews who were under the rule of Ahasuerus."

Esther 3:7

"In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahasuerus, Haman made a decision by casting lots by day and month, to kill the race of Mordecai in one day. The lot fell on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar."

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