the first month: Nehemiah 2:1
in the twelfth: Esther 1:3, Esther 2:16
they cast Pur: Esther 9:24-26; Proverbs 16:33; Ezekiel 21:21-22; Matthew 27:35
Adar: Esther 9:1, Esther 9:5, Esther 9:17-19, Esther 9:21; Ezra 6:15
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Esther 3:7
Esther 3:7
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