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Hebrew Modern Translation

אסתר 3:3

ויאמרו עבדי המלך אשר בשער המלך למרדכי מדוע אתה עובר את מצות המלך׃

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Decision;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Agag;   Persia;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Emperor Worship;   Esther;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Agagite ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Mordecai;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Esther, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Esther, Apocryphal Book of;   Mordecai;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for July 12;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
ויאמרו עבדי המלך אשר בשער המלך למרדכי מדוע אתה עובר את מצות המלך
Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ עַבְדֵ֥י הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־בְּשַׁ֥עַר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑י מַדּ֙וּעַ֙ אַתָּ֣ה עוֹבֵ֔ר אֵ֖ת מִצְוַ֥ת הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ׃
Westminster Leningrad Codex
וַיֹּאמְרוּ עַבְדֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־בְּשַׁעַר הַמֶּלֶךְ לְמָרְדֳּכָי מַדּוּעַ אַתָּה עוֹבֵר אֵת מִצְוַת הַמֶּֽלֶךְ ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Why: Esther 3:2, Exodus 1:17, Matthew 15:2, Matthew 15:3

Reciprocal: Esther 2:19 - sat in the king's gate Esther 6:6 - To whom

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate,.... Observing the behaviour of Mordecai towards Haman from time to time:

said unto Mordecai, why transgressest thou the king's commandment? of giving reverence to Haman, which they knew he could not be ignorant of.


 
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