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"because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast "Pur," that is the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;"
God's providence in saving the Jews through Queen Esther.
Old Testament • Book #17
as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them fr...
Esther 9:23The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them;
Esther 9:25but when this became known to the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had...
Esther 9:26Therefore they called these days "Purim," from the word "Pur." Therefore because of all the words of...
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