Esther 3:12-14

International Standard Version

¹² The king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and all that Haman commanded was written to the regional authorities^[a] of the king, to the governors who were over each province, and to the officials of each people. This order^[b] was translated in the name of King Ahasuerus into the language of each province^[c] and bore the seal of the king’s signet ring. ¹³ Letters were sent by couriers to all of the king’s provinces to annihilate, to kill, and to destroy all the Jewish people, both young and old, women and children, and to confiscate their goods^[d] on a single day—the thirteenth day of the twelfth month of Adar. ¹⁴ A copy of the letter was to be issued as an edict in every province and published to all the people, telling them^[e] to be ready for that day.