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Bible Reading for October 02

Esther 8
[1] On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews'
enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther
had told what he was unto her.
[2] And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave
it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman. [3] And
Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and
besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and
his device that he had devised against the Jews. [4] Then the king held out
the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the
king,
[5] And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his
sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his
eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of
Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all
the king's provinces:
[6] For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or
how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? [7] Then the king
Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I
have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the
gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews. [8] Write ye also for the
Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's
ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with
the king's ring, may no man reverse. [9] Then were the king's scribes
called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the
three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that
Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies
and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred
twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing
thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews
according to their writing, and according to their language.
[10] And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the
king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules,
camels, and young dromedaries:
[11] Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather
themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and
to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would
assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for
a prey,
[12] Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the
thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. [13] The copy
of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was
published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that
day to avenge themselves on their enemies. [14] So the posts that rode upon
mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's
commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.
[15] And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel
of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of
fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad. [16]
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour. [17] And in every
province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his
decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And
many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell
upon them.

Esther 9
[1] Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth
day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be
put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have
power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had
rule over them that hated them;)
[2] The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all
the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their
hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all
people. [3] And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and
the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear
of Mordecai fell upon them.
[4] For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out
throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and
greater.
[5] Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and
slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated
them.
[6] And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
[7] And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, [8] And Poratha, and
Adalia, and Aridatha, [9] And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and
Vajezatha, [10] The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of
the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand. [11] On
that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was
brought before the king.
[12] And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and
destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of
Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is
thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further?
and it shall be done.
[13] Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews
which are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according unto this day's decree,
and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. [14] And the king
commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they
hanged Haman's ten sons. [15] For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered
themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew
three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
[16] But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered
themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their
enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid
not their hands on the prey,
[17] On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of
the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. [18] But
the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day
thereof; and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the
same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. [19]
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made
the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a
good day, and of sending portions one to another. [20] And Mordecai wrote
these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the
provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far, [21] To stablish this
among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and
the fifteenth day of the same, yearly, [22] As the days wherein the Jews
rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from
sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make
them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and
gifts to the poor. [23] And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and
as Mordecai had written unto them;
[24] Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the
Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that
is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them; [25] But when Esther
came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which
he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he
and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. [26] Wherefore they called
these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this
letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which
had come unto them, [27] The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon
their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it
should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their
writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
[28] And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every
generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these
days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them
perish from their seed.
[29] Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew,
wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim. [30] And
he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven
provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth, [31]
To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as
Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had
decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and
their cry.
[32] And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was
written in the book.

Esther 10
[1] And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles
of the sea.
[2] And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of
the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not
written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? [3]
For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the
Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of
his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.


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