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Esther 7:8

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before me: Heb. with me

they covered Haman's: When a criminal was condemned by a Roman judge, he was delivered to the serjeant with these words: I, lictor, caput obnubito arbori infelici suspendito:, "Go, sergeant, cover his head, and hang him on the accursed tree." Esther 6:12; Job 9:24; Isaiah 22:17

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