TBESH · H3605
כֹּל · kol · all
1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606)
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כֹּל (kol) means “all” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: kole Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
כֹּל · kol · all
1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606)
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or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from H3634 (כָּלַל); properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
KJV glosses: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
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| all | 1552 |
| and all | 472 |
| every | 192 |
| of all | 157 |
| the whole | 121 |
| in all | 118 |
| everything | 112 |
| with all | 98 |
| any | 86 |
| to all | 77 |
| throughout | 72 |
| from all | 70 |
| for all | 59 |
| everyone | 48 |
| and | 46 |
| and every | 46 |
| then all | 43 |
| of every | 38 |
| along with all | 33 |
| so all | 31 |
| vvv | 30 |
| the entire | 27 |
| among all | 26 |
| anything | 26 |
| when all | 26 |
| and the whole | 25 |
| just as | 21 |
| over all | 21 |
| wherever | 21 |
| whatever | 20 |
| anyone | 19 |
| in every | 19 |
| and everything | 18 |
| whoever | 18 |
| according to all | 17 |
| all day long | 17 |
| or any | 15 |
| each | 14 |
| to every | 14 |
| and to all | 13 |
| and with all | 13 |
| on all | 13 |
| and let all | 12 |
| as | 12 |
| let all | 12 |
| than all | 12 |
| all of them | 11 |
| at all | 11 |
| including all | 11 |
| the total | 11 |
| then the whole | 11 |
| through all | 11 |
| and his whole | 10 |
| of all those | 10 |
| or | 10 |
| a total of | 9 |
| all those | 9 |
| and in all | 9 |
| and of all | 9 |
| despite all | 9 |
| entire | 9 |
| no | 9 |
| out of all | 9 |
| so that all | 9 |
| they all | 9 |
| they are all | 9 |
| whenever | 9 |
| and everyone | 8 |
| as well as all | 8 |
| none | 8 |
| about all | 7 |
| all of you | 7 |
| for any | 7 |
| may all | 7 |
| of the whole | 7 |
| they will all | 7 |
| all you | 6 |
| and any | 6 |
| and throughout | 6 |
| but all | 6 |
| for every | 6 |
| from every | 6 |
| more than all | 6 |
| that all | 6 |
| to the whole | 6 |
| whole | 6 |
| all kinds | 5 |
| always | 5 |
| and for all | 5 |
| and to every | 5 |
| are all | 5 |
| because of all | 5 |
| every kind | 5 |
| for the rest | 5 |
| forever | 5 |
| if anyone | 5 |
| in any | 5 |
| like all | 5 |
| of any | 5 |
| or anything | 5 |
| the rest | 5 |
| to everything | 5 |
| while all | 5 |
| you in all | 5 |
| against all | 4 |
| all these | 4 |
| all things | 4 |
| all this | 4 |
| before all | 4 |
| exactly as | 4 |
| from any | 4 |
| it all | 4 |
| of every kind | 4 |
| on every | 4 |
| we are all | 4 |
| above all | 3 |
| according to everything | 3 |
| all of it | 3 |
| all that was | 3 |
| all the men | 3 |
| and anyone | 3 |
| and the entire | 3 |
| and the rest | 3 |
| and the rest of | 3 |
| and wherever | 3 |
| and whoever | 3 |
| anywhere | 3 |
| as all | 3 |
| as for all | 3 |
| both | 3 |
| but any | 3 |
| by all | 3 |
| by any | 3 |
| completely | 3 |
| each one | 3 |
| from | 3 |
| from each | 3 |
| his entire | 3 |
| his whole | 3 |
| in each | 3 |
| in everything | 3 |
| of | 3 |
| of all things | 3 |
| of everything | 3 |
| than any | 3 |
| the full | 3 |
| them all | 3 |
| totaled | 3 |
| we all | 3 |
| were all | 3 |
| with all kinds | 3 |
| with every | 3 |
| with his entire | 3 |
| within all | 3 |
| a | 2 |
| all over | 2 |
| all that | 2 |
| all the | 2 |
| all you peoples | 2 |
| all your | 2 |
| and all his possessions | 2 |
| and all kinds | 2 |
| and among all | 2 |
| and as the whole | 2 |
| and every man | 2 |
| and from all | 2 |
| and of every | 2 |
| and on all | 2 |
| and over all | 2 |
| and whatever | 2 |
| anything else | 2 |
| as do all | 2 |
| as long as | 2 |
| as were all | 2 |
| at all times | 2 |
| belongs to | 2 |
| brought all | 2 |
| but among all | 2 |
| day | 2 |
| ever | 2 |
| every one of them | 2 |
| everywhere | 2 |
| for all of them | 2 |
| for all time | 2 |
| for every kind | 2 |
| for everything | 2 |
| for the whole | 2 |
| from anything | 2 |
| from everyone | 2 |
| full | 2 |
| in all kinds | 2 |
| in every kind | 2 |
| in keeping with all | 2 |
| in spite of all | 2 |
| let every | 2 |
| my every | 2 |
| nothing | 2 |
| of all kinds | 2 |
| of all the creatures | 2 |
| of anything | 2 |
| of everyone | 2 |
| of the entire | 2 |
| one | 2 |
| or in all | 2 |
| send everyone | 2 |
| so that anyone | 2 |
| so the whole | 2 |
| some of | 2 |
| that every | 2 |
| the rest of | 2 |
| their entire | 2 |
| them | 2 |
| then everyone | 2 |
| then may whatever | 2 |
| they | 2 |
| they are | 2 |
| throughout all | 2 |
| to all the other | 2 |
| to the | 2 |
| together with all | 2 |
| what | 2 |
| when everything | 2 |
| when the whole | 2 |
| will all | 2 |
| with everything | 2 |
| within any | 2 |
| you are all | 2 |
| you have all | 2 |
| a full | 1 |
| a full account | 1 |
| a total | 1 |
| a word | 1 |
| about | 1 |
| about everything | 1 |
| about it | 1 |
| above all things | 1 |
| abundant | 1 |
| according to | 1 |
| according to the entire | 1 |
| against all those | 1 |
| against any | 1 |
| all about it | 1 |
| all creatures | 1 |
| all else | 1 |
| all for which | 1 |
| all he owned | 1 |
| all i need | 1 |
| all its people | 1 |
| all manner | 1 |
| all my life | 1 |
| all of | 1 |
| all other | 1 |
| all others | 1 |
| all people | 1 |
| all that is | 1 |
| all the details | 1 |
| all the land | 1 |
| all the other | 1 |
| all the ways | 1 |
| all the young men | 1 |
| all this said david | 1 |
| all this was | 1 |
| all who are | 1 |
| all you people | 1 |
| along with everything else | 1 |
| also everyone | 1 |
| always continue | 1 |
| among | 1 |
| an | 1 |
| an annual | 1 |
| and a total of | 1 |
| and according to every | 1 |
| and all of it | 1 |
| and all of them | 1 |
| and all their | 1 |
| and all those | 1 |
| and all your | 1 |
| and always | 1 |
| and as for all | 1 |
| and as surely as the whole | 1 |
| and at all | 1 |
| and bring all | 1 |
| and by all | 1 |
| and each | 1 |
| and every day | 1 |
| and everyones | 1 |
| and everything else | 1 |
| and everything you own | 1 |
| and for the whole | 1 |
| and have all | 1 |
| and his entire | 1 |
| and if every one | 1 |
| and in every | 1 |
| and in everything | 1 |
| and it was there the whole | 1 |
| and let every | 1 |
| and made all | 1 |
| and made the whole | 1 |
| and make all | 1 |
| and my every | 1 |
| and my whole | 1 |
| and nothing | 1 |
| and on everything | 1 |
| and other | 1 |
| and out of all | 1 |
| and so will all | 1 |
| and that every | 1 |
| and the full | 1 |
| and the total | 1 |
| and their whole | 1 |
| and they all | 1 |
| and they will all | 1 |
| and through the entire region of | 1 |
| and to the whole | 1 |
| and when all | 1 |
| and when every | 1 |
| and whose | 1 |
| and will cancel every | 1 |
| and with all kinds | 1 |
| and you will all | 1 |
| and your whole | 1 |
| any of the others | 1 |
| anywhere within | 1 |
| applies to every | 1 |
| are fully at your | 1 |
| are in every | 1 |
| are the whole | 1 |
| are you all | 1 |
| armed with every kind | 1 |
| as a bride | 1 |
| as a result all | 1 |
| as long as you live | 1 |
| as many | 1 |
| as well as every | 1 |
| as well as his entire | 1 |
| at all the other | 1 |
| at every | 1 |
| at random | 1 |
| at that time all | 1 |
| at this all | 1 |
| based on all | 1 |
| belonging to | 1 |
| belonging to all | 1 |
| both him and all | 1 |
| both of these | 1 |
| both warnings | 1 |
| both you | 1 |
| brought everything | 1 |
| but | 1 |
| but all the others | 1 |
| but every | 1 |
| but its every | 1 |
| but let all | 1 |
| but no | 1 |
| but soon all | 1 |
| but the whole | 1 |
| but wherever | 1 |
| by every | 1 |
| came to all | 1 |
| collect all | 1 |
| concerning all | 1 |
| contained everything | 1 |
| continually | 1 |
| covered | 1 |
| covered with | 1 |
| daily | 1 |
| day after day | 1 |
| deprived of all | 1 |
| did all | 1 |
| does what | 1 |
| doing all | 1 |
| during all | 1 |
| during any | 1 |
| each man | 1 |
| each of them | 1 |
| each of us | 1 |
| each of whom | 1 |
| earnestly | 1 |
| endures all | 1 |
| endures through all | 1 |
| even all | 1 |
| every kind of | 1 |
| every one | 1 |
| every one of | 1 |
| every one of you | 1 |
| everyone whose name | 1 |
| everyones | 1 |
| everything else | 1 |
| everything he owns | 1 |
| everything ready | 1 |
| everything that | 1 |
| finally all | 1 |
| five | 1 |
| following all | 1 |
| for | 1 |
| for all kinds | 1 |
| for any other | 1 |
| for as | 1 |
| for each | 1 |
| for everyone | 1 |
| for his every | 1 |
| for his whole | 1 |
| for no other | 1 |
| for the entire | 1 |
| for whoever | 1 |
| former possessions | 1 |
| freely | 1 |
| from a | 1 |
| from all he owns | 1 |
| from all those | 1 |
| from among | 1 |
| from among all | 1 |
| from any of | 1 |
| from every kind | 1 |
| from everything | 1 |
| from now on | 1 |
| from so | 1 |
| from them all | 1 |
| from those | 1 |
| fully | 1 |
| greater than all | 1 |
| had all | 1 |
| had always | 1 |
| hadoram brought all kinds | 1 |
| has a massive | 1 |
| has all | 1 |
| has made all | 1 |
| have all | 1 |
| he and all | 1 |
| he continually | 1 |
| he is altogether | 1 |
| he is experienced in every kind | 1 |
| he makes all | 1 |
| he took all | 1 |
| her entire | 1 |
| her whole | 1 |
| i have given every | 1 |
| i will | 1 |
| i will cause all | 1 |
| i will cause everyone | 1 |
| i will give all | 1 |
| i will make all | 1 |
| if all | 1 |
| if any | 1 |
| in | 1 |
| in accordance with | 1 |
| in all there were | 1 |
| in all things | 1 |
| in charge of all | 1 |
| in each of | 1 |
| in every direction | 1 |
| in every part | 1 |
| in every way | 1 |
| in exchange for all | 1 |
| in fact everything | 1 |
| in full | 1 |
| in his entire | 1 |
| in its entirety | 1 |
| in just any | 1 |
| in number | 1 |
| in regard to | 1 |
| in regard to all | 1 |
| in such a | 1 |
| in the entire | 1 |
| in the form | 1 |
| in them all | 1 |
| in view of all | 1 |
| in whom all | 1 |
| included all | 1 |
| indeed every | 1 |
| indeed the whole | 1 |
| instead all | 1 |
| into all | 1 |
| into all kinds | 1 |
| into every | 1 |
| invited all | 1 |
| is above all | 1 |
| is against all | 1 |
| is anything | 1 |
| is every | 1 |
| is for all | 1 |
| is like all | 1 |
| is still | 1 |
| is taken by all | 1 |
| it at all | 1 |
| it happened to all | 1 |
| it makes all | 1 |
| it with all | 1 |
| its complete | 1 |
| its whole | 1 |
| just like | 1 |
| kinds of | 1 |
| lambs for every | 1 |
| let everyone | 1 |
| let everything | 1 |
| let them all | 1 |
| let us all | 1 |
| like a choice | 1 |
| like all others | 1 |
| likewise every | 1 |
| living | 1 |
| making the whole | 1 |
| meanwhile all | 1 |
| meanwhile all the men | 1 |
| more | 1 |
| more so than any | 1 |
| more than | 1 |
| more than any | 1 |
| my entire | 1 |
| my full | 1 |
| near any | 1 |
| night after | 1 |
| no one | 1 |
| no prophet who did all | 1 |
| nor any | 1 |
| nor had any | 1 |
| not one | 1 |
| not with any | 1 |
| now | 1 |
| now all | 1 |
| now the whole | 1 |
| now whoever | 1 |
| now with all | 1 |
| of all our | 1 |
| of all the people | 1 |
| of any kind | 1 |
| of anyone else | 1 |
| of anything else | 1 |
| of each | 1 |
| of everything else | 1 |
| of his entire | 1 |
| of his whole | 1 |
| of people of every | 1 |
| of them all | 1 |
| of us | 1 |
| of us all | 1 |
| of utter | 1 |
| on all her | 1 |
| on all my | 1 |
| on any | 1 |
| on anything | 1 |
| on the whole | 1 |
| or all | 1 |
| or among any | 1 |
| or any other | 1 |
| or anyone | 1 |
| or anyone else | 1 |
| or as a | 1 |
| or by anything | 1 |
| or has any | 1 |
| or in any other | 1 |
| or night | 1 |
| or other | 1 |
| or the land | 1 |
| or with any | 1 |
| other | 1 |
| over everything | 1 |
| over the entire | 1 |
| over the whole | 1 |
| portion of each | 1 |
| regarding all | 1 |
| regardless of what | 1 |
| regular | 1 |
| responsible for any | 1 |
| sent all | 1 |
| sent by all | 1 |
| so each | 1 |
| so from then on | 1 |
| so in all | 1 |
| so men of all | 1 |
| so that any | 1 |
| so that they all | 1 |
| so their whole | 1 |
| something like all | 1 |
| speaking the same | 1 |
| still | 1 |
| surpass | 1 |
| tear the whole | 1 |
| than all other | 1 |
| than all the others | 1 |
| than anyone | 1 |
| than the other | 1 |
| that | 1 |
| that belongs to him | 1 |
| that entire | 1 |
| that the whole | 1 |
| that you read all | 1 |
| the exact | 1 |
| the farthest recesses | 1 |
| the fate of all | 1 |
| the foe pulls all of them | 1 |
| the life of any | 1 |
| the number | 1 |
| the other expenses | 1 |
| the region | 1 |
| the same | 1 |
| the same thing to all | 1 |
| the same things | 1 |
| the total weight | 1 |
| the vow involves any | 1 |
| the whole army | 1 |
| the whole duty | 1 |
| the whole interior | 1 |
| their whole | 1 |
| then | 1 |
| then all of you | 1 |
| then all the other | 1 |
| then all the troops | 1 |
| then have the whole | 1 |
| then he had everyone | 1 |
| then let everyone | 1 |
| then none | 1 |
| then nothing | 1 |
| then regardless of | 1 |
| there is nothing but | 1 |
| these were all | 1 |
| they have all | 1 |
| they were all | 1 |
| they will be utterly | 1 |
| thing | 1 |
| this is what | 1 |
| those | 1 |
| those from every | 1 |
| through the whole | 1 |
| throughout the time | 1 |
| thus all | 1 |
| thus any | 1 |
| thus for every | 1 |
| to all things | 1 |
| to all those | 1 |
| to do everything | 1 |
| to each | 1 |
| to every kind | 1 |
| to everyone | 1 |
| to fulfill any | 1 |
| to make any | 1 |
| to send all | 1 |
| to this entire | 1 |
| together | 1 |
| total | 1 |
| until all | 1 |
| up all | 1 |
| upon all | 1 |
| was completely | 1 |
| was every | 1 |
| was on everything | 1 |
| was still alive | 1 |
| was the regard | 1 |
| were all sorts of | 1 |
| were in all | 1 |
| when | 1 |
| when all the people of | 1 |
| when any | 1 |
| when anyone | 1 |
| when every | 1 |
| where any | 1 |
| whether | 1 |
| while the whole | 1 |
| who | 1 |
| who were all | 1 |
| why all | 1 |
| will always | 1 |
| will any | 1 |
| will be against everyone | 1 |
| will be no worse than all | 1 |
| will cause all | 1 |
| will come from all | 1 |
| will cover all | 1 |
| with all kinds of | 1 |
| with all manner | 1 |
| with any | 1 |
| with anything | 1 |
| with full | 1 |
| with her whole | 1 |
| with open | 1 |
| with regard to all | 1 |
| with similar | 1 |
| with the exact | 1 |
| with the main | 1 |
| with which all | 1 |
| with wholehearted | 1 |
| within | 1 |
| yet all | 1 |
| yet everyone | 1 |
| yet none | 1 |
| yet they all | 1 |
| you | 1 |
| you among all | 1 |
| you and all | 1 |
| you are altogether | 1 |
| you are completely | 1 |
| you have gone to all | 1 |
| you have made all | 1 |
| you may always | 1 |
| you must always | 1 |
| you wherever | 1 |
| your whole | 1 |
| yourselves by any | 1 |
| yourselves with all | 1 |
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| and the whole | 2 |
| every one | 2 |
| all | 1 |
| altogether | 1 |
| and because | 1 |
| and every | 1 |
| and now nothing | 1 |
| and that which | 1 |
| and whatsoever | 1 |
| and when all | 1 |
| any | 1 |
| any manner | 1 |
| as many as | 1 |
| as nothing before thee verily every | 1 |
| enough | 1 |
| every place | 1 |
| every thing | 1 |
| howsoever | 1 |
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Page 54 of 85. 4241 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Then the king consulted the wise men who knew the times, for it was customary for him to confer with the experts in law and justice.
Read word by wordAnd in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.
Read word by wordFor the conduct of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to despise their husbands and say, ‘King Xerxes ordered Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come.’
Read word by wordThis very day the noble women of Persia and Media who have heard about the queen’s conduct will say the same thing to all the king’s officials, resulting in much contempt and wrath.
Read word by wordThe edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”
Read word by wordHe sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.
Read word by wordand let the king appoint commissioners in each province of his kingdom to assemble all the beautiful young women into the harem at the citadel of Susa. Let them be placed under the care of Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, and let them be given beauty treatments.
Read word by wordAnd every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn about Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.
Read word by wordWhen the young woman would go to the king, she was given whatever she requested to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace.
Read word by wordNow Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.
Read word by wordAnd the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all of the other virgins. So he placed the royal crown upon her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.
Read word by wordThen the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.
Read word by wordAfter these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
Read word by wordAll the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.
Read word by wordAnd when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
Read word by wordThen Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
Read word by wordOn the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordA copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that they would be ready on that day.
Read word by wordWhen Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.
Read word by wordIn every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Read word by wordand Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews.
Read word by word“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”
Read word by wordhe sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.
Read word by word“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”
Read word by wordSo Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.
Read word by wordHaman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
Read word by wordYet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
Read word by wordHis wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
Read word by word“Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”
Read word by wordHaman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”
Read word by word“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.
Read word by wordAt once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
Read word by wordBy these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.
Read word by wordThe single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
Read word by wordA copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
Read word by wordIn every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.
Read word by wordIn each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.
Read word by wordAnd all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.
Read word by wordFor Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.
Read word by wordThe Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.
Read word by wordMordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,
Read word by wordto establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
Read word by wordFor Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.
Read word by wordTherefore these days are called Purim, from the word Pur. Because of all the instructions in this letter, and because of all they had seen and experienced,
Read word by wordthe Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.
Read word by wordThese days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.
Read word by wordSo Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.
Read word by wordAnd Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,
Read word by wordAnd all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?
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