Verse 8
Esther 8:8
Bible in Basic English
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So now send a letter about the Jews, writing whatever seems good to you, in the king's name, and stamping it with the king's ring: for a writing signed in the king's name and stamped with the king's ring may not be changed.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ֠/אַתֶּם כִּתְב֨וּ עַל הַ/יְּהוּדִ֜ים כַּ/טּ֤וֹב בְּ/עֵֽינֵי/כֶם֙ בְּ/שֵׁ֣ם הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ וְ/חִתְמ֖וּ בְּ/טַבַּ֣עַת הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ כִּֽי כְתָ֞ב אֲשֶׁר נִכְתָּ֣ב בְּ/שֵׁם הַ/מֶּ֗לֶךְ וְ/נַחְתּ֛וֹם בְּ/טַבַּ֥עַת הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ אֵ֥ין לְ/הָשִֽׁיב
English Translation
And you write concerning the Jews as it is good in your eyes in the name of the king, and seal it with the king's signet; for a document that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the king's signet cannot be revoked.
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Chapter 8 Context
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That day the king gave all the family of Haman, the hater of the Jews, to Esther the queen. And Mord...
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And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther p...
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Then Esther again came before the king, falling down at his feet, and made request to him with weepi...
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Then the king put out the rod of gold to Esther, and she got up before the king.
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And she said, If it is the king's pleasure and if I have his approval and this thing seems right to...
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For how is it possible for me to see the evil which is to overtake my nation? how may I see the dest...
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Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, See now, I have given Esther t...
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8
So now send a letter about the Jews, writing whatever seems good to you, in the king's name, and sta...
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Then at that time, on the twenty-third day of the third month, which is the month Sivan, the king's...
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The letters were sent in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with his ring, and they were taken b...
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11
In these letters the king gave authority to the Jews in every town to come together and make a fight...
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12
On one day in every division of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, that is, on the thirteenth day of the twel...
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13
A copy of the writing, to be made public as an order in every division of the kingdom, was given out...
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So the men went out on the quick-running horses used on the king's business, wasting no time and for...
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And Mordecai went out from before the king, dressed in king-like robes of blue and white, and with a...
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And the Jews had light and joy and honour.
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And in every part of the kingdom and in every town, wherever the king's letter and his order came, t...
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