Ester 4:17

4:17 So Mordecai set out to do everything that Esther had instructed him.

Ester 3:13

3:13 Letters were sent by the runners to all the king’s provinces stating that ¹  they should destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews, from youth to elderly, both women and children, ²  on a particular day, namely the thirteenth day ³  of the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar), and to loot and plunder their possessions.

Ester 3:4

3:4 And after they had spoken to him day after day ⁴  without his paying any attention to them, they informed Haman to see whether this attitude on Mordecai’s part would be permitted. ⁵  Furthermore, he had disclosed to them that he was a Jew. ⁶ 

Ester 8:12

8:12 This was to take place on a certain day throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus – namely, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar).

[3:13]  ¹ tn The words “stating that” are not in the Hebrew text but have been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[3:13]  ² tn Heb “children and women.” The translation follows contemporary English idiom, which reverses the order.

[3:13]  ³ tc The LXX does not include the words “on the thirteenth day.”

[3:4]  ⁴ sn Mordecai’s position in the service of the king brought him into regular contact with these royal officials. Because of this association the officials would have found ample opportunity to complain of Mordecai’s refusal to honor Haman by bowing down before him.

[3:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “Will the matters of Mordecai stand?”; NASB “to see whether Mordecai’s reason would stand.”

[3:4]  ⁶ sn This disclosure of Jewish identity is a reversal of the practice mentioned in 1:10, 20.