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For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had schemedagainst the Jews to destroy them and had castPur, that is the lot, to disturb them and destroy them.
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But when it came to the king'sattention, he commanded by letter that his wickedschemewhich he had devisedagainst the Jews, should return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
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Therefore* they calledthesedaysPurimafter the name of Pur. And because of the instructions in thisletter, both what they had seen in thisregard and what had happened to them,