Esther 4:15

4:15 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:

Esther 4:13

4:13 he ¹  said to take back this answer to Esther:

Esther 8:8

8:8 Now you write in the king’s name whatever in your opinion is appropriate concerning the Jews and seal it with the king’s signet ring. Any decree that is written in the king’s name and sealed with the king’s signet ring cannot be rescinded.

Esther 8:5

8:5 She said, “If the king is so inclined and if I have met with his approval and if the matter is agreeable to the king and if I am attractive to him, let an edict be written rescinding those recorded intentions of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, ²  which he wrote in order to destroy the Jews who are throughout all the king’s provinces.

[4:13]  ¹ tn Heb “Mordecai.” The pronoun (“he”) was used in the translation for stylistic reasons. A repetition of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style.

[8:5]  ¹ tc The LXX does not include the expression “the Agagite.”