Esther 8:8-10
Holman Christian Standard Bible
8 You may write in the king’s name whatever pleases you(A) concerning the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring.(B) A document written in the king’s name and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”(C)
9 On the twenty-third day of the third month(D) (that is, the month Sivan),[a] the royal scribes were summoned. Everything was written exactly as Mordecai(E) ordered for the Jews, to the satraps,(F) the governors, and the officials of the 127 provinces from India[b] to Cush.(G) The edict was written for each province in its own script, for each ethnic group in its own language,(H) and to the Jews in their own script and language.
10 Mordecai wrote in King Ahasuerus’s name and sealed the edicts with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers,(I) who rode fast horses(J) bred from the royal racing mares.
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- Esther 8:9 = May–June
- Esther 8:9 = modern Pakistan
Esther 8:8-10
King James Version
8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
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