Lux Domini
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

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Interpretation

The king was angry: those that do things with self-will, reflect upon them afterward with self-reproach. When angry, we should pause before we come to any resolution, and thus rule our own spirits, and show that we are governed by reason.

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This thought runs through Esther 7:7-10.

Glossary

Mordecai Tribe
The son of Jair, of the tribe of Benjamin.