Esther 8:12

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“The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.”

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BSBPD

“The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“In one day, in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month--it <FI>is<Fi> the month of Adar--”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Esther 8:12 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 15:9The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
  2. Judges 1:6As Adoni-bezek fled, they pursued him, seized him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes.
  3. Esther 3:13And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
  4. Esther 9:1On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.

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