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"But we find that the Jews, whom this wicked wretch hath delivered to utter destruction, are no evildoers but live by most just laws,
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and that they be children of the Most High and most mighty, living God, who hath ordered the kingdom both for us and for our progenitors in the most excellent manner.
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"Therefore ye shall do well not to put in execution the letters sent unto you by Haman the son of Hammedatha.
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For he that was the worker of these things is hanged at the gates of Shushan with all his family, God, who ruleth all things, speedily rendering vengeance to him according to his deserts.
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'Therefore ye shall publish the copy of this letter in all places, that the Jews may freely live under their own laws.
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And ye shall aid them, that even the same day, being the thirteenth day of the twelfth month of Adar, they may be avenged on those who in the time of their affliction shall set upon them.
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For Almighty God hath turned to joy unto them the day wherein the chosen people should have perished.
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"Ye shall therefore among your solemn feasts keep it a high day with all feasting,
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that both now and hereafter there may be safety for us and the well-inclined Persians, but to those who conspire against us a memorial of destruction.
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Therefore every city and country whatsoever, which shall not do according to these things, shall be destroyed without mercy with fire and sword, and shall be made not only impassable for men, but also most hateful for wild beasts and fowls for ever."
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The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.