Est 8:9-17 | ESV | STEP | The king’s scribes 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 concerning the Jews , to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces from India to Ethiopia , 127 provinces , to each province in its own script and to each people in its own language , and also to the Jews in their script and their language .

n[See ver. 10 above]

o[Gen. 41:42; Dan. 5:29]

q[1 Chr. 15:27]

r[ch. 3:15]

s[Ps. 97:11]

t ch. 9:19, 22; 1 Sam. 25:8

u ch. 9:27

v ch. 9:2

Esther 8:9-17

9 ^aThe king’s scribes 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 concerning the Jews, to ^bthe satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces ^cfrom India to Ethiopia, ^d127 provinces, ^eto each province in its own script and to each people in its own language, and also to the Jews in their script and their language. 10 ^fAnd he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus ^gand sealed it with the king’s signet ring. Then he sent the letters by mounted couriers riding on ^hswift horses that were used in the king’s service, bred from the royal stud, 11 saying that the king allowed the Jews who were in every city ⁱto gather and defend their lives, ^jto destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any armed force of any people or province that might attack them, children and women included, ^kand to plunder their goods, 12 ^lon one day throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar. 13 ^mA copy of what was written was to be issued as a decree in every province, being publicly displayed to all peoples, and the Jews were to be ready on that day to take vengeance on their enemies. 14 So the couriers, mounted on their ⁿswift horses that were used in the king’s service, rode out hurriedly, urged by the king’s command. And the decree was issued in Susa the citadel.

15 Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king ^oin royal robes of blue and white, with a great golden crown ^{▼▼Or headdress} and ^qa robe of fine linen and purple, ^rand the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced. 16 The Jews had ^slight and gladness and joy and honor. 17 And in every province and in every city, wherever the king’s command and his edict reached, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a feast and ^ta holiday. ^uAnd many from the peoples of the country declared themselves Jews, ^vfor fear of the Jews had fallen on them.