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14 Cards in this Set
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Esther Theme:
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Preservation through providence
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Outline: Esther 1-5
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Haman's plot hatched
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Outline: Esther 6-10
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Haman's plot foiled
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Esther 3
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Haman persuades King Ahasuerus to decree the Jews' annihilation
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Esther 6-7
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Mordecai is honored, Haman hanged
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Esther 9
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Jews destroy their enemies and inaugurate the Feast of Purim
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Esther 4:14
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And who knows whether you have not achieved royalty for such a time as this?
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Ahasuerus
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Persian king, also known as Xerxes I, reigning 486-465 BC
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Vashti
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former queen of Ahasuerus
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Esther
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Jewish maiden of great beauty who became the queen of Persia, and was the instrument God used to spare his people
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Mordecai
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Esther's older cousin and palace official. Used by God to deliver the Jews
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Haman
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An Agagite and captain of the princes. He plotted the destruction of the Jews, but was hanged on his own gallows.
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Three female prophetesses:
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Miriam, Deborah, Huldah
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Some capital crimes:
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Rebellious youth, kidnapping, murder, rape, Sabbath breaking, witchcraft, homosexuality, bestiality, adultery
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