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So the king's servants told him, "Haman is there, standing in the court." The king said, "Let him come in."
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So Haman came in, and the king said to him, "What shall be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?" Haman said to himself, "Whom would the king wish to honor more than me?"
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So Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king wishes to honor,
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let royal robes be brought, which the king has worn, and a horse that the king has ridden, with a royal crown on its head.
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Let the robes and the horse be handed over to one of the king's most noble officials; let him robe the man whom the king wishes to honor, and let him conduct the man on horseback through the open square of the city, proclaiming before him: "Thus shall it be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor.' "
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.