Esther 3:12-14

12 aThen the king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and it was written just as Haman commanded to bthe king’s satraps, to the governors who were over each province and to the officials of each people, each province according to its script, each people according to its language, being written cin the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s signet ring. 13Letters were sent by dcouriers to all the king’s provinces eto annihilate, kill, and destroy all the Jews, both young and old, women and children, fin one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to gseize their possessions as plunder. 14 hA copy of the edict to be
Lit given
issued as law in every province was published to all the peoples so that they would be ready for this day.
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