וְכָל־עַבְדֵ֨י הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־בְּשַׁ֣עַר הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ כֹּרְעִ֤ים וּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִים֙ לְהָמָ֔ן כִּי־כֵ֖ן צִוָּה־ל֣וֹ הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וּמָ֨רְדֳּכַ֔י לֹ֥א יִכְרַ֖ע וְלֹ֥א יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶֽה׃
Semua pegawai raja yang berada di gerbang istana raja berlutut dan sujud kepada Haman, sebab demikianlah yang diperintahkan raja mengenai dia. Tetapi Mordekhai tidak mau berlutut dan tidak mau sujud.
Megillah
He who says that it is to be read from “After these things,” [interprets thus]: What did Haman see to make him provoke all the Jews? “In that matter”, that Mordecai did not bow down or prostrate himself; “And what came upon him”? They hung him and his sons on the tree.