Esther 8:9
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9 The king’s secretaries were summoned at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day, and an edict was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews and to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces from India to Cush, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, and also to the Jews in their script and their language.(A)
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Greek Esther 1:22
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22 The king sent the decree[a] into all his kingdom, to every province in its own language, so that men would be feared in their households.(A)
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- 1.22 Gk lacks the decree
Greek Esther 8:8-10
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8 Write in my name what you think best and seal it with my ring, for whatever is written at the king’s command and sealed with my ring cannot be contravened.”(A)
9 The secretaries were summoned on the twenty-third day of the first month, that is, Nisan, in the same year, and all that she commanded with respect to the Jews was given in writing to the administrators and governors of the satrapies from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven satrapies, to each province in its own language.(B) 10 The edict was written[a] with the king’s authority and sealed with his ring, and they sent out the letters by couriers.(C)
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- 8.10 Gk It was written
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