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3 It was after this that king Xerxes promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, bringing him forward and seating him above all his fellow-officials. 2 All the royal courtiers within the king’s Gate bowed low and prostrated themselves before Haman, for such were the king’s orders regarding him. But Mordecai would not bow low, he would not prostrate himself. 3 So the royal courtiers who were within the king’s Gate said to Mordecai, “Why are you disobeying the king’s order?” 4 Day after day they said this to him, but he would not listen to them. So they spoke to Haman, to see if he would stand Mordecai’s conduct; for Mordecai had told them he was a Jew. 5 But although Haman was enraged when he noticed that Mordecai did not bow low and did not prostrate himself, 6 he thought it beneath him to murder Mordecai alone. They had told him what his race was, and so Haman planned to destroy all the Jews throughout the entire kingdom of Xerxes, even the race of Mordecai.
7 In the first month, the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Xerxes, the lot “pur” was cast for day after day and month after month, till it fell upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar. 8 Then Haman said to king Xerxes, “There is one race scattered and separated among the races in all provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of every other race; they do not obey the king’s laws; therefore it is not proper for the king to tolerate them. 9 If it please the king, let an edict be written for their destruction, and I will pay over four million silver pounds to the royal treasurers for the royal treasury.” 10 So the king drew off his signet-ring and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. 11 “Keep your money,” said the king to Haman, “and do what you like with the race; they are in your hand.”
12 Then, on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king’s secretaries were summoned, and a despatch was drawn up, in terms of Haman’s orders, for the royal satraps, for the governors of every province, and for the officials over every race, written for every province in its own script and for every nation in its own language; it was written in the name of king Xerxes and sealed with the king’s signet. 13 Instructions were sent by means of couriers to all the king’s provinces, to destroy, slay, and massacre all the Jews, young men and old, children and women, in a single day, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to plunder their property. 14 The contents of the edict, to be promulgated in every province, were published to all races: men were to hold themselves ready for that day. 15 The couriers rode out in haste, by order of the king, and the edict was published in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was perplexed.