Greek Esther 8:9-11

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⁹ The secretaries were summoned on the twenty-third day of the first month, that is, Nisan, in the same year, and all that she commanded with respect to the Jews was given in writing to the administrators and governors of the satrapies from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven satrapies, to each province in its own language.^{(A) 10} The edict was written^[a] with the king’s authority and sealed with his ring, and they sent out the letters by couriers.^{(B) 11} He ordered the Jews^[b] in every city to observe their laws, to defend themselves, and to act as they wished against their opponents and enemies^(C)