Esther 3:7

In the first month, the month of Nisan, in King Ahasuerus’s twelfth year, Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman for each day in each month, and it fell on the twelfth month, the month Adar.

Ezra 6:15

This house was completed on the third day of the month of Adar in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

Esther 9:24-26

For Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them. He cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.

Nehemiah 2:1

During the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,

Esther 1:3

He held a feast in the third year of his reign for all his officials and staff, the army of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the officials from the provinces.

Esther 2:16

She was taken to King Ahasuerus in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

Esther 9:1

The king’s command and law went into effect on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar. On the day when the Jews’ enemies had hoped to overpower them, just the opposite happened. The Jews overpowered those who hated them.

Esther 9:5

The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them. They did what they pleased to those who hated them.

Esther 9:17-19

They fought on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar and rested on the fourteenth, and it became a day of feasting and rejoicing.

Esther 9:21

He ordered them to celebrate the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar every year

Proverbs 16:33

The lot is cast into the lap,
but its every decision is from the Lord.


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Ezekiel 21:21-22

For the king of Babylon stands at the split in the road, at the fork of the two roads, to practice divination: he shakes the arrows, consults the idols, and observes the liver.

Matthew 27:35

After crucifying Him they divided His clothes by casting lots.

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Summary

In the first month, that 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, that is, the month Adar.

The first month

General references

Bible References

The first month

Nehemiah 2:1
During the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,

They cast pur

Esther 9:24
For Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them. He cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.
Proverbs 16:33
The lot is cast into the lap,
but its every decision is from the Lord.


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Ezekiel 21:21
For the king of Babylon stands at the split in the road, at the fork of the two roads, to practice divination: he shakes the arrows, consults the idols, and observes the liver.
Matthew 27:35
After crucifying Him they divided His clothes by casting lots.

Adar

Esther 9:1
The king’s command and law went into effect on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar. On the day when the Jews’ enemies had hoped to overpower them, just the opposite happened. The Jews overpowered those who hated them.
Ezra 6:15
This house was completed on the third day of the month of Adar in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

General references

Psalm 83:4
They say, “Come, let us wipe them out as a nation
so that Israel’s name will no longer be remembered.”
Proverbs 24:2
for their hearts plan violence,
and their words stir up trouble.

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