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son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; : And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, : Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, : Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, : Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. : The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, : Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, : Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, : Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur, : Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, : Hariph,
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Anathoth, Nebai, : Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, : Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, : Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, : Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, : Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, : Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, : And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, : Malluch, Harim, Baanah. : And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from
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the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding; : They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in Gods law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do
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all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes; : And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, not take their daughters for our sons: : And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy
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it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. : Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God; : For the shewbread, and for the continual
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meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God. : And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people,
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for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law: : And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees,
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year by year, unto the house of the LORD: : Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God: : And that we
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should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. :
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And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house. : For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of
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the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God. : And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten
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to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities. : And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. : Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to
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wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomons servants. : And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of
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the children of Perez; : And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. : All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men. : And these are the sons of
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Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah. : And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. : And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over
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the city. : Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin. : Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God. : And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and
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Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah. : And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, : And their brethren,
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mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men. : Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; : And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the
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outward business of the house of God. : And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. : All the Levites in the holy city
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were two hundred fourscore and four. : Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two. : And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance. : But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa
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were over the Nethinims. : The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God. : For it was the kings commandment concerning them, that a certain portion
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should be for the singers, due for every day. : And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the kings hand in all matters concerning the people. : And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at
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Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof, : And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet, : And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages thereof, : And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof, : And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth, : Zanoah,
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Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom. : The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages. : And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, : Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, : Hadid, Zeboim,
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Neballat, : Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. : And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin. : Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, : Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, : Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, : Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, : Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah,
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: Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, : Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. : Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. : Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches.
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: And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, : And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. : And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; : Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; : Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; : Of Harim, Adna;
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of Meraioth, Helkai; : Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; : Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai: : Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; : And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; : Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; : Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. : The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and
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Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian. : The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. : And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel,
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with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward. : Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates. : These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of
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Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe. : And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. : And
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the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi; : Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem. : And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified
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the people, and the gates, and the wall. : Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: : And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, : And Azariah,
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Ezra, and Meshullam, : Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, : And certain of the priests sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph: : And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani,
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with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them. : And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward. : And the other
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company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall; : And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the
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tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate. : So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me: : And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; : And Maaseiah, and
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Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. : Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. :
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And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. : And both the
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singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. : For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. : And all Israel in the days of
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Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron. : On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written,
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that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; : Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. : Now it came to pass, when they had heard the
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law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. : And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah: : And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the
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corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests. : But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days
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obtained I leave of the king: : And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. : And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber. : Then I commanded, and
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they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense. : And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. : Then contended I with
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the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. : Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries. : And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the
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Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren. : Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
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: In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. : There dwelt men of Tyre
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also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. : Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day? : Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God
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bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath. : And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath:
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and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day. : So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. : Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again,
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I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath. : And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy.
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: In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: : And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews language, but according to the language of each people. : And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them,
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and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. : Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God
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made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin. : Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives? : And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite:
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therefore I chased him from me. : Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. : Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business; : And for the wood offering, at times appointed,
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and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good. The Book of Esther : Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) : That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom,
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which was in Shushan the palace, : In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: : When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days,
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even an hundred and fourscore days. : And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the kings palace; : Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen
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and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble. : And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king. : And the
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drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every mans pleasure. : Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. : On the seventh day, when the heart of
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the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, : To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on. : But
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the queen Vashti refused to come at the kings commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. : Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the kings manner toward all that knew law and judgment: : And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar,
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Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the kings face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;) : What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains? : And Memucan answered before the king and
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the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus. : For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall
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be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not. : Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the kings princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath. : If it please the king,
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let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she. : And when the kings decree which he shall make
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shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small. : And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: : For he sent letters into all the kings provinces, into every province according to
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the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people. : After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. :
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Then said the kings servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: : And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the kings
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chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them: : And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. : Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of
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Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite; : Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away. : And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncles daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was
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fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. : So it came to pass, when the kings commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the kings house, to the custody
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of Hegai, keeper of the women. : And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the kings house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place
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of the house of the women. : Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it. : And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the womens house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her. : Now when every maids turn was come to
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go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;) : Then thus came every maiden unto the
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king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the kings house. : In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the kings chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no
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more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name. : Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the kings chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And
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Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her. : So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. : And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight
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more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. : Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esthers feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king. : And
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when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the kings gate. : Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him. : In those days, while Mordecai sat in the kings gate, two
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of the kings chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus. : And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecais name. : And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found
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out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king. : After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. : And all the kings servants, that were
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in the kings gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. : Then the kings servants, which were in the kings gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the kings commandment? : Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not
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unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecais matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew. : And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. : And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people
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of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. : In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the
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twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. : And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the kings laws: therefore it is not for the kings profit to suffer them. : If
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it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the kings treasuries. : And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha
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the Agagite, the Jews enemy. : And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee. : Then were the kings scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the kings
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lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the kings ring. : And the letters were sent by posts into all the kings provinces,
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to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey. : The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every
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province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day. : The posts went out, being hastened by the kings commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed. : When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his
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clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; : And came even before the kings gate: for none might enter into the kings gate clothed with sackcloth. : And in every province, whithersoever the kings commandment and his decree came, there was great
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mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. : So Esthers maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not. : Then called Esther for
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Hatach, one of the kings chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was. : So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the kings gate. : And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto
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him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the kings treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them. : Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her
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that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people. : And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. : Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai; : All the kings servants, and the people of the kings provinces, do know, that
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whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
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: And they told to Mordecai Esthers words. : Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the kings house, more than all the Jews. : For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy
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