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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Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsTake an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth-lehem.
Genesis
Law / MosesAnd the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
Exodus
LawRemember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.
Judges
History / SamuelFolly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonSaid unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:
Luke
GospelsAnd Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;
1 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
Numbers
Law / MosesBut after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
Acts
History / LukeAnd the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
Exodus
LawBlessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersThe LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
Deuteronomy
LawCall now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
Job
WisdomI will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
Jeremiah
Major Prophets / JeremiahAnd they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes.
Mark
GospelsThose that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred.
Numbers
Law / MosesAnd they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahWhere is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?
2 Kings
HistoryAnd I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielThe word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
Micah
Minor ProphetsOf the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.