Esther 8:13
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A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued as law in every province and made known to the people of every nationality so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
Read Esther 8:13 Using Other Translations
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.
A copy of what was written was to be issued as a decree in every province, being publicly displayed to all peoples, and the Jews were to be ready on that day to take vengeance on their enemies.
A copy of this decree was to be issued as law in every province and proclaimed to all peoples, so that the Jews would be ready to take revenge on their enemies on the appointed day.
What does Esther 8:13 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Esther 8:13
The copy of the writing, for a commandment to be given
in
every province, was published to all people
A copy of the letters sent to the governors of provinces; the sum
and substance of them was published by an herald, or fixed in
public places, that all might know the contents thereof; and take
care not to assault the Jews, as it would be to their peril:
and that the Jews should be ready against that day to
avenge themselves
on their enemies;
Abendana thinks this is to be restrained to those that were of
the seed of Amalek, who were their principal enemies; but no
doubt it includes all that should rise up against them.
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