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On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her. 에 8:1

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A New Decree on Behalf of the Jews

On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her. 카드

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The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman. 카드

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Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews. 카드

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Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king. 카드

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She said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor 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 who are in all the king's provinces: 카드

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for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come to my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives? 카드

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Then the king Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged on the gallows, because he laid his hand on the Jews. 카드

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Write you also to the Jews, as it pleases 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. 카드

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Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] of it; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to the writing of it, and to every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. 카드

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He wrote the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by post on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king's service, bred of the stud: 카드

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in which the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, [their] little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, 카드

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on one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, [namely], on the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. 카드

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A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. 카드

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So the posts who rode on swift steeds that were used in the king's service went out, being hurried and pressed on by the king's commandment; and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace. 카드

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The Joy and Feasting of Susa

Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad. 카드

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The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor. 카드

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In every province, and in every city, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness and joy, a feast and a good day. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen on them. 카드

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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary · Matthew Henry (1714) Public domain (PD) Source

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우리는 음모자가 달린 채로 앞 장을 떠났고, 이제 그의 음모가 어떻...

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1-2 Esther and Mordecai Enriched (510 BC)

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3-14 The Jews Encouraged to Self-Defence (510 BC)

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15-17 The Joy of the Jews (510 BC)

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown (1871) Public domain (PD) Source

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1 Es 8:1-6.

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2 2. 왕이 자기의 반지를 빼어 모르드개에게 주며

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3 3. 에스더가 다시 왕 앞에서 말씀하며 왕의 발 아래 엎드려

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4 4. 왕이 에스더를 향하여 금 규를 내미는지라

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5 5, 6. 하만이 유다인을 멸하려고 쓴 조서를 철회하소서

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7 Es 8:7-14.

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8 8. 너희는 왕의 이름으로 쓰고 왕의 반지로 인봉하라

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10 10. “역졸에게 부쳐 보내되 … 낙타와 젊은 준마를 타게 하여” — 일이...

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11 11-13. “왕이 유대인들에게 … 생명을 보호하여 … 그들을 치려 하는...

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15 Es 8:15-17.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible · Adam Clarke (1831) Public domain (PD) Source

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