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"Therefore I advise you not to carry out the instructions issued in the letters sent out by Haman.
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He is the person responsible for all of this, and he has been hanged, along with his entire family, at the gates of Susa. God, who governs all things, has given him the speedy punishment that he deserved. %0
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"I order you to post copies of this decree in every public place. Permit the Jews to live by their own customs,
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and give them support when they defend themselves against those who attack them on the day set for their destruction, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
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God, who governs all things, has turned that day of destruction into a day of celebration for his chosen people. %0
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.