Letters were sent by couriers into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder their possessions.
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From this verse, the Word reaches
In parallel withExodus 1:22
Pharaoh's decree to cast the sons into the river; the same enemy, a new empire, an older grudge.
“Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “You shall cast every son who is born into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.””
The same threadExodus 17:16
Yahweh swore war with Amalek from generation to generation, and Haman is the Agagite.
“He said, “Yah has sworn: ‘Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’””
In contrast toEsther 9:1
The day appointed for slaughter becomes the day of reversal.
“Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the month, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to conquer them, (but it was turned out the opposite happened, that the Jews conquered those who hated them),”
That reaches back to this verse
In contrast to (this verse)Esther 9:22
The month appointed for destruction becomes a month of feasting and gifts to the needy.
“as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending presents of food to one another, and gifts to the needy.”