Esther 3:8

Haman said. Having got the month and the day (the thirteenth, see Esther 3:13, compare App-10), he could go to the king,

There is. certain People. Would it have been necessary for Haman thus to have explained and described the Jews, if they had already received their emancipation? Impossible! We are asked to believe this according to the traditional teaching. But see note on Esther 10:3, and App-67 and App-58.

scattered abroad, &c. Compare 2 Chronicles 36:23.Ezra 1:1. There is no reference to any emancipation here.

laws. See note on Esther 1:8.