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And the kingsaid unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyedfivehundredmen in Shushan the palace, and the tensons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king'sprovinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy requestfurther? and it shall be done.
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Then saidEsther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day'sdecree, and let Haman'stensons be hanged upon the gallows.
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For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth*day also of the monthAdar, and slewthreehundredmen at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
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But the otherJews that were in the king'sprovinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foesseventy and fivethousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
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But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenthday thereof, and on the fourteenththereof; and on the fifteenthday of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
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Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalledtowns,made the fourteenth*day of the monthAdar a day of gladness and feasting, and a goodday, and of sendingportionsone to another.