Esther 3:7 meaning and explanation

In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

Esther 3:7, Berean Standard Bible

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The narrator pauses to date Haman's plot and to explain the book's title. The Pur, a lot or die used to choose a day, was cast before Haman in the first month, Nisan, and it fell on the twelfth month, Adar, nearly a year later.

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