Esther 8:7-9
International Standard Version
7 King Ahasuerus told Queen Esther and Mordecai the Jew, “Look, I’ve given Haman’s property[a] to Esther, and they have hanged[b] him on the pole because he tried to harm[c] the Jewish people. 8 Now, in the name of the king, you write what seems good to you concerning the Jewish people, and seal it with the king’s signet ring, for a document written in the king’s name and sealed with the king’s signet ring cannot be revoked.”
9 The king’s scribes were summoned at that time, on the twenty-third day of the third month, which is the month Sivan, and everything that Mordecai commanded the Jewish people, the regional authorities,[d] the governors, and the provincial officials of the 127 provinces from India to Cush[e] was written down for each province according to its script, for each people according to their language, and for the Jewish people according to their script and language.
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- Esther 8:7 Lit. house
- Esther 8:7 Or impaled
- Esther 8:7 Lit. sent his hand against
- Esther 8:9 Lit. satraps; Persian government officials similar in authority to a governor
- Esther 8:9 I.e. the upper Nile region
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