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In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, ^(F1)Pur, that is the lot, was ^(C1)cast before Haman from day to day and from month to month, ^(F2)until the twelfth month, that is ^(C2)the month Adar.

Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; ^(C1)their laws are different from those of all other people and they do not ^(F1)comply with the king's laws, so it is not in the king's interest to let them remain.