14 (A)A copy of the document was to be issued as a decree in every province by proclamation to all the peoples to be ready for that day.

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14 A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued as law in every province and made known to the people of every nationality so they would be ready for that day.(A)

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Mordecai also gave him (A)a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for their destruction,[a] that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her and command her to go to the king to beg his favor and plead with him[b] on behalf of her people.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 4:8 Or annihilation
  2. Esther 4:8 Hebrew and seek from before his face

He also gave him a copy of the text of the edict for their annihilation, which had been published in Susa, to show to Esther and explain it to her, and he told him to instruct her to go into the king’s presence to beg for mercy and plead with him for her people.

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