Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Esther 3:5
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When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
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And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
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When Haman saw that Mordecai didn’t bow down nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.
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And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
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Esther 3
3 Then the royal servants at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the command of the king?”
4 Day after day they warned him, but he would not comply. So they reported it to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew.
5 When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
6 And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
7 In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
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