^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.

⁸ 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.