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Greek Esther 3:8

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Decree against the Jews

8Then Hamann said to King Artaxerxes, “There is a certain nation scattered among the other nations in all your kingdom; their laws are different from those of every other nation, and they do not keep the laws of the king. It is not expedient for the king to tolerate them.*

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Footnotes

  1. nGk he

Cross references

  1. *Ezra 4:12, 13; Acts 16:20, 21

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KJV 1900King James Version

And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.