Esther 3:6-8

Christian Standard Bible

⁶ And when he learned of Mordecai’s ethnic identity, it seemed repugnant to Haman to do away with^[a] Mordecai alone. He planned to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews,^(A) throughout Ahasuerus’s kingdom.^(B)

⁷ In the first month, the month of Nisan, in King Ahasuerus’s twelfth year,^(C) the pur—that is, the lot—was cast before Haman for each day in each month, and it fell on the twelfth month,^(D) the month Adar.^{(E) 8} Then Haman informed King Ahasuerus, “There is one ethnic group, scattered throughout the peoples in every province of your kingdom,^(F) keeping themselves separate. Their laws are different from everyone else’s and they do not obey the king’s laws.^(G) It is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.^(H)