Esther 6 - The Counter Edict

Esther 6 The Counter Edict (Esther chapter 8)

Now that Haman is gone, the king is like putty in my hands.

I can persuade him to do whatever I want.

I still need to save my people.

The original edict could not be revoked.

Some stupid rule the king’s predecessors had devised to maintain their absolute authority.

Once a law was written it stayed.

“According to the laws of the Medes and the Persians”.

It had become a common saying across the Empire.

So another edict had to be written.

The king gave Mordecai and I permission to write it.

We summoned the king’s secretaries,
and it was written in all the different languages spoken across the province, including our own.

The edict allowed the Jews to defend themselves
and to kill any who might attack them and to plunder their goods.

Continues…