Esther 1:21-22

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²¹This advice pleased the king and the officials, and the king did as Memucan proposed; ²²he sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, declaring that every man should be master in his own house.^[a]

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Esther 1:22 Heb adds and speak in accordance with the language of his people

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