Esther 1
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Esther 1:21-22

21The matter seemed appropriate to the king and the officials. So the king acted on the advice of Memucan.

22He sent letters throughout all the royal provinces, to each province according to its own script and to each people according to its own language, that every man should be ruling his family and should be speaking the language of his own people.

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