(A)So the king’s scribes were summoned at that time in the third month (that is, the month Sivan), on the twenty-third [a]day; and it was written in accordance with everything that Mordecai commanded the Jews, the satraps, the governors, and the officials of the provinces which extended (B)from India to [b]Cush, 127 provinces, to (C)every province according to its script, and to every people according to their language, as well as to the Jews according to their script and their language.

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  1. Esther 8:9 Lit in it
  2. Esther 8:9 Or Ethiopia

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