Esther 8
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Esther 8:8-10

8Now youH859 may writeH3789 in the king’sH4428 nameH8034 asH2896 you pleaseH5869 regardingH5921 the JewsH3064, and seal itH2856 with the royalH4428H3588 signet ringH2885. For a decreeH3791 thatH834 is writtenH3789 in the nameH8034 of the kingH4428 and sealedH2856 with the royalH4428 signet ringH2885 cannotH369 be revokedH7725.”

9At onceH6256 the royalH4428 scribesH5613 were summonedH7121, and on the twenty-thirdH7969H6242 day of the thirdH7992H1931 monthH2320 (the monthH1931H2320 of SivanH55101), they recordedH3789 all ofH3605 Mordecai’sH4782 ordersH6680 toH413 the JewsH3064 and toH413 the satrapsH323, governorsH6346, and princesH8269 of the 127H7651H6242H3967 provincesH4082 from IndiaH1912 toH5704 CushH35682—writing to each provinceH4082 in its own scriptH4082H3791, to every peopleH5971 in their own languageH3956, and toH413 the JewsH3064 in their own scriptH3791 and languageH3956.

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.

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Notes

  1. 1. Esther 8:9 Sivan is the third month of the Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of May and June. ↩
  2. 2. Esther 8:9 That is, to the upper Nile region ↩

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