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Esther
READING PLAN
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Esther 1
Getting Started Welcome to the Bible Reading Plan! We are so glad you are joining us as we read through the Old Testament book of
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Esther 2
Read Esther 2 Esther Made Queen Later when King Xerxes’ fury had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what he had decreed
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Esther 3
Read Esther 3 Haman’s Plot to Destroy the Jews After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him and giving him
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Esther 4
Read Esther 4 Mordecai Persuades Esther to Help When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and
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Esther 5
Read Esther 5 Esther’s Request to the King On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the
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Esther 6
Read Esther 6 Mordecai Honored That night the king could not sleep; so he ordered the book of the chronicles, the record of his reign, to be
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Rest Day 1
Rest Day Today is a Rest Day. There is no new Bible reading to do. Today, the goal is simple: rest in the presence of
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Esther 7
Read Esther 7 Haman Impaled 7 So the king and Haman went to Queen Esther’s banquet, 2 and as they were drinking wine on the second day, the king
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Esther 8
Read Esther 8 The King’s Edict in Behalf of the Jews 8 That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of
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Esther 9
Read Esther 9 9 On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the edict commanded by the king was to be carried out.
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Esther 10
Read Esther 10 The Greatness of Mordecai 10 King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the empire, to its distant shores. 2 And all his acts of power and might,