# Rest of Esther 16:24

**Apocrypha.** Not part of the 66-book Protestant canon. Catholic and Orthodox churches accept these books as deuterocanonical.

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- Edition: kjv-apocrypha
- Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/rest-of-esther/16/24
- Book: [Rest of Esther](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/rest-of-esther)
- Chapter: [Rest of Esther 16](https://apologetics.wiki/apocrypha/rest-of-esther/16)
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Therefore every city and country whatsoever, which shall not do according to these things, shall be destroyed without mercy with fire and sword, and shall be made not only unpassable for men, but also most hateful to wild beasts and fowls for ever.