Esther 8:10-14

10Mordecai wroteH3789 in the nameH8034 of KingH4428 XerxesH325 and sealed itH2856 with the royalH4428 signet ringH2885. He sentH7971 the documentsH5612 byH3027 mountedH5483 couriersH7323 riding onH7392 swift horsesH7409 bredH1121 from the royalH327 maresH7424.

11By these lettersH834 the kingH4428 permittedH5414 the JewsH3064 in eachH3605 and every cityH5892 the right to assembleH6950 and defendH5921H5975 themselvesH5315, to destroyH8045, killH2026, and annihilateH6 allH3605 the forcesH2428 of any peopleH5971 or provinceH4082 hostile to themH6696, including womenH802 and childrenH2945, and to plunderH7998 their possessionsH962. 12The singleH259 dayH3117 appointed throughout allH3605 the provincesH4082 of KingH4428 XerxesH325 was the thirteenthH7969H6240 day of the twelfthH8147H6240H1931 monthH2320, the monthH2320 of AdarH143.1

13A copyH6572 of the textH3791 of the edictH1881 was to be issuedH5414 in everyH3605 provinceH4082 and publishedH1540 to allH3605 the peopleH5971, so that the JewsH3064 would beH1961 readyH6259 on thatH2088 dayH3117 to avenge themselvesH5358 on their enemiesH341. 14The couriersH7323 rodeH7392 outH3318 in hasteH926 on their royalH327 horsesH7409, pressed onH1765 by the commandH1697 of the kingH4428. And the edictH1881 was also issuedH5414 in the citadelH1002 of SusaH7800.