Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
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And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Leviticus
Law / MosesShew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
Psalms
PoetryFor this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
1 Thessalonians
Pauline Epistles / PaulAnd it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
2 Kings
HistoryThe field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd they did all eat, and were filled.
Mark
Gospels / MarkAnd Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraHe taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.
Job
WisdomAnd all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
Luke
GospelsHer children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Proverbs
WisdomThen answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewAnd he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest.
Lamentations
Major Prophets / JeremiahThe length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.
Exodus
Law / MosesAgain the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielTherefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;
Job
WisdomButter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
Deuteronomy
LawNeither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you,
Leviticus
LawTo the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
2 Corinthians
Pauline Epistles / PaulThis their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
Psalms
PoetryAnd when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
Revelation
ApocalypticAnd the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.
Judges
History / SamuelJohn did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.