Esther 3:7

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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

Nehemiah 2:1

They cast pur

Adar

Esther 9:1

Ezra 6:15

General references

Psalm 83:4

Proverbs 24:2

Bible References

The first month

In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was placed before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not [previously] been sad in his presence.

They cast pur

For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, [to find the right time] to disturb and destroy them.

The lot is cast into the lap,

But its every decision is from the Lord.

For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the fork of the two ways, to use divination. He shakes the arrows, he consults the teraphim (household idols), he looks at the liver [of an animal for an omen].

And when they had crucified Him, they divided His clothes among them by casting lots.

Adar

Now in the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar) on the thirteenth day when the king’s command and edict were about to be executed, on the [very] day when the enemies of the Jews had hoped to gain power over them [and slaughter them], it happened the other way around so that the Jews themselves gained power over those who hated them.

This temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

General references

They have said, “Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation;
Let the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

For their minds plot violence,
And their lips talk of trouble [for the innocent].