Esther 8:8-10

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁸ You may write in the king’s name whatever pleases you^(A) concerning the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring.^(B) A document written in the king’s name and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”^(C)

⁹ On the twenty-third day of the third month^(D) (that is, the month Sivan),^[a] the royal scribes were summoned. Everything was written exactly as Mordecai^(E) ordered for the Jews, to the satraps,^(F) the governors, and the officials of the 127 provinces from India^[b] to Cush.^(G) The edict was written for each province in its own script, for each ethnic group in its own language,^(H) and to the Jews in their own script and language.

¹⁰ Mordecai wrote in King Ahasuerus’s name and sealed the edicts with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers,^(I) who rode fast horses^(J) bred from the royal racing mares.