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Jewish 1105 · Rashi on the Prophets and Writings, Esther 7:9

Rashi, on Esth 7:9

Rashi · 1040–1105
Esth 7:9 · Douay-Rheims
“And Harbona, one of the eunuchs that stood waiting on the king, said: Behold the gibbet which he hath prepared for Mardochai, who spoke for the king, standeth in Aman’s house, being fifty cubits high. And the king said to him: Hang him upon it.”
On this verse:
“Also, behold the gallows He also committed another evil, that he prepared the gallows to hang the king’s friend, who saved the king from poison.”

Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.

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