7In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, [to] the twelfth [month], which is the month Adar.
Esther 3 introduces the central conflict of the book: Haman the Agagite, elevated by King Ahasuerus, demands public homage. Mordecai the Jew refuses, and Haman's fury escalates from personal vendetta to a genocidal plot against all Jews in the Persian Empire. The chapter pivots f
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