OLD TESTAMENT

Esther 3:10

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So the king took off his ring, and gave it into the hands of Haman to seal the decrees against the Jews.

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Verse 10. Ring, to transfer his power to him, for the time. Genesis 41:42. Alexander gave his ring to Periccas, and was generally supposed thus to designate him for his successor. Justin. xii. See 1 Maccabees 6:14. 15.

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