7 In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, ^xthey cast Pur (that is, they cast lots) before Haman day after day; and they cast it month after month till the twelfth month, which is ^ythe month of Adar.

24 For Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, ^lthe enemy of all the Jews, ^mhad plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and ⁿhad cast Pur (that is, cast lots), to crush and to destroy them.