Esther 8:7-14

7Then the kingH4428 AhasuerusH325 saidH559 to EstherH635 the queenH4436 and to MordecaiH4782 the JewH3064, Behold, I have givenH5414 EstherH635 the houseH1004 of HamanH2001, and him they have hangedH8518 upon the gallowsH6086, because he laidH7971 his handH3027 upon the JewsH3064. 8WriteH3789 ye also for the JewsH3064, as it pleasethH2896 youH5869, in the king’sH4428 nameH8034, and sealH2856 it with the king’sH4428 ringH2885: for the writingH3791 which is writtenH3789 in the king’sH4428 nameH8034, and sealedH2856 with the king’sH4428 ringH2885, no man may reverseH7725. 9Then were the king’sH4428 scribesH5608 calledH7121 at that timeH6256 in the thirdH7992 monthH2320, that is, the monthH2320 SivanH5510, on the threeH7969 and twentiethH6242 day of it; and it was writtenH3789 according to all that MordecaiH4782 commandedH6680 to the JewsH3064, and to the satrapsH323, and the governorsH6346 and princesH8269 of the provincesH4082 which are from IndiaH1912 to CushH3568, an hundredH3967 and twentyH6242 and sevenH7651 provincesH4082, to every provinceH4082 according to the writingH3791 of it, and to every peopleH5971 after their languageH3956, and to the JewsH3064 according to their writingH3791, and according to their languageH3956. 10And he wroteH3789 in the kingH4428 AhasuerusH325’ nameH8034, and sealedH2856 it with the king’sH4428 ringH2885, and sentH7971 lettersH5612 byH3027 postsH7323 on horsebackH5483, and ridersH7392 on mulesH7409, camelsH327, and youngH1121 dromedariesH7424: 11In which the kingH4428 grantedH5414 the JewsH3064 who were in every cityH5892 to gather themselves togetherH6950, and to defendH5975 their livesH5315, to destroyH8045, to slayH2026, and to cause to perishH6, all the powerH2428 of the peopleH5971 and provinceH4082 that would assaultH6696 them, both little onesH2945 and womenH802, and to plunderH7998 them for spoilH962, 12Upon oneH259 dayH3117 in all the provincesH4082 of kingH4428 AhasuerusH325, namely, upon the thirteenthH7969H6240 day of the twelfthH8147H6240 monthH2320, which is the monthH2320 AdarH143. 13The copyH6572 of the writingH3791 for a commandmentH1881 to be givenH5414 in every provinceH4082 was proclaimedH1540 to all peopleH5971, and that the JewsH3064 should be readyH6264H6259 for that dayH3117 to avengeH5358 themselves on their enemiesH341.1 14So the postsH7323 that rodeH7392 upon mulesH7409 and camelsH327 went outH3318, being hastenedH926 and pressed onH1765 by the king’sH4428 commandmentH1697. And the decreeH1881 was givenH5414 at ShushanH7800 the palaceH1002.