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They called the celebration Purim, after the name Pur—which means “the lot,” since Haman had cast the lot to destroy the Jewish people see Esther 9:24-26.

Can America Survive? John Hagee 2010

They called the celebration Purim, after the name Pur—which means “the lot,” since Haman had cast the lot to destroy the Jewish people see Esther 9:24-26.

Can America Survive? John Hagee 2010

The previous day, at a cafe called Pur-Pur in downtown Tbilisi, I got a somewhat fuller picture from his closest adviser on foreign and media affairs, Raphael Glucksmann.

Simon Shuster: Obama's Betrayal of Georgia Kind of Makes Sense 2010

Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

To some extent original compositions in Sanskrit must have been produced, for several of the inscriptions are of considerable length and one [339] gives a quotation from a work called the Purâṇârtha or Arthapurâṇaśâstra which appears to have been a chronicle of Champa.

Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 Charles Eliot 1896

In the first month ... they cast Pur, that is, the lot -- In resorting to this method of ascertaining the most auspicious day for putting his atrocious scheme into execution, Haman acted as the kings and nobles of

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.

Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Kings Chapters VIII to End and Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah. Esther, Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes Alexander Maclaren 1868

Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them and to destroy them;

The Holy Bible: Darby Translation Anonymous 1867

Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman for each day and for each month, to the twelfth [month], that is, the month Adar.

The Holy Bible: Darby Translation Anonymous 1867