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Esther 8:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Esther said, “If it seems good to you, and I have found favor in your sight, let an order be sent that the letters sent by Haman may be reversed—letters that were written for the destruction of the Jews who are in your kingdom. "

Esther 8:5

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3 She spoke yet again to the king, and fell at his feet, and implored him to undo Haman’s mischief and all that he had done against the Jews.

4 Then the king extended the golden sceptre to Esther; and Esther arose to stand near the king.

5 Esther said, “If it seems good to you, and I have found favor in your sight, let an order be sent that the letters sent by Haman may be reversed—letters that were written for the destruction of the Jews who are in your kingdom.

6 For how could I see the affliction of my people, and how could I survive the destruction of my kindred?”

7 Then the king said to Esther, “If I have given and freely granted you all that was Haman’s, and hanged him on a gallows because he laid his hands upon the Jews, what more do you seek?

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Esther 4:8

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"And he gave him the copy of what was published in Susa concerning their destruction to show to Esther; and told him to charge her to go in and entreat the king, and to beg him for the people. “Remember, he said, the days of your humble condition, how you were nursed by my hand; because Haman, who holds the next place to the king, has spoken against us to cause our death. Call upon the Lord, and speak to the king concerning us, to deliver us from death.”"

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Esther 9:13

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"Esther said to the king, “Let it be granted to the Jews to do the same to them tomorrow. Also, hang the bodies of the ten sons of Haman.”"

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"Moreover I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah;"

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Judith 11:22

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"Holofernes said to her, “God did well to send you before the people, that might would be in our hands, and destruction among those who slighted my lord."

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Esther 7:3

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"She answered and said, “If I have found favor in the sight of the king, let my life be granted as my petition, and my people as my request."

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Esther 8:8

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"Write in my name whatever seems good to you, and seal it with my ring; for whatever is written at the command of the king, and sealed with my ring, cannot be countermanded."

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From This Chapter

Esther 8:1

"On that day, King Ahasuerus gave to Esther all that belonged to Haman the slanderer. The king called Mordecai, for Esther had told that he was related to her."

Esther 8:2

"The king took the ring which he had taken away from Haman and gave it to Mordecai. Esther appointed Mordecai over all that had been Haman’s."

Esther 8:3

"She spoke yet again to the king, and fell at his feet, and implored him to undo Haman’s mischief and all that he had done against the Jews."

Esther 8:4

"Then the king extended the golden sceptre to Esther; and Esther arose to stand near the king."

Esther 8:6

"For how could I see the affliction of my people, and how could I survive the destruction of my kindred?”"

Esther 8:7

"Then the king said to Esther, “If I have given and freely granted you all that was Haman’s, and hanged him on a gallows because he laid his hands upon the Jews, what more do you seek?"

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