The Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, ___ and ___ them, and they did what they pleased to those who ___ them.

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The Jews in Susa came together on the ___ day of the month of Adar, and they put to death in Susa ___ men , but they did not lay their hands on the ___.

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The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and fourtheenth, and then on the ___ they rested and made it a day of ___ and ___.

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For Haman son of ___, the Agagite, the enemy of all the ___, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the pur (that is, the lot) for their ruin and ___.

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These days should be remembered and observed in every generation by every family, and in every ___ and in every city. And these days of ___ should never cease to be celebrated by Jews, nor should the memory of them die out among their ___.

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Meanwhile, the ___ of the Jews who were in the king's provinces also ___ to protect themselves and get relief from their enemies. They killed ___ of them but did not lay their hands on the plunder.

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So Queen Esther, daughter of ___, along with ___ the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this ___ letter concerning Purim.

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As the time when the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month when their ___ was turned into joy and their mourning into a day of celebration. He ___ them to observe the days as days of feasting and joy and giving presents of food to one another and ___ to the poor.

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Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Xerxes, ___ among the Jews, and held in high ___ by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the ___ of all the Jews.

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and as they were drinking wine on that second day, the king again asked, “Queen Esther, ___? It will be given you. What is your request? Even up to ___, it will be ___.”

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For I and my people have been sold for ___. If we had merely been sold as ___, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.

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___ got up in a rage, left his wine and went out into the ___. But Haman, realizing that the king had already decided his fate, stayed behind to beg ___ for his life.

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How high was the gallows that stood by Haman's house?

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The king took off his ___, which he had reclaimed from ___, and presented it to ___. And Esther appointed him over Haman’s estate.

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At once the ___ were summoned—on the ___, the month of ___. They wrote out all Mordecai’s orders to the Jews, and to the satraps, governors and nobles of the 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush.

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A copy of the ___ was to be issued as law in every province and made known to the people of every nationality so that the ___ would be ready on that day to ___ themselves on their enemies.

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Mordecai left the king’s presence wearing ___ of blue and white, a large ___ and a ___ of fine linen. And the city of ___ held a joyous celebration.

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In every province and in every city, wherever the ___ went, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with ___. And many people of other nationalities became Jews because ___ had seized them.

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That night the king could not ___; so he ordered the ___, the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him.

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It was found recorded there that Mordecai had exposed ___, two of the king’s officers who guarded the ___, who had conspired to ___ King Xerxes.

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So he answered the king, “For the man the king delights to honor, have them bring a ___ the king has worn and a ___ the king has ridden, one with a ___ placed on its head.

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“Go at once,” the king commanded Haman. “Get the ___ and do just as you have suggested for ___, who sits at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything you have ___.”

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