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Esther 9:5 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" The Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they wanted to those who hated them. "

Esther 9:5

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3 For the chiefs of the local governors, and the princes and the royal scribes, honored the Jews; for the fear of Mordecai was upon them.

4 For the order of the king was in force, that he should be celebrated in all the kingdom.

5 The Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they wanted to those who hated them.

6 In the city Susa the Jews killed five hundred men,

7 including Pharsannes, Delphon, Phasga,

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Esther 9:1

"Now in the twelfth month, on the thirteenth day of the month, which is Adar, the letters written by the king arrived."

Esther 9:2

"In that day, the adversaries of the Jews perished; for no one resisted, through fear of them."

Esther 9:3

"For the chiefs of the local governors, and the princes and the royal scribes, honored the Jews; for the fear of Mordecai was upon them."

Esther 9:4

"For the order of the king was in force, that he should be celebrated in all the kingdom."

Esther 9:6

"In the city Susa the Jews killed five hundred men,"

Esther 9:7

"including Pharsannes, Delphon, Phasga,"

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