²² So he sent letters to all the king’s provinces, ^(A)to each province according to its script and to every people according to their language, that every man was to ^(B)be the ruler in his own house and the one who speaks in the language of his own people.

^12 (A)Then the king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and it was written just as Haman commanded to ^(B)the king’s satraps, to the governors who were over each province and to the officials of each people, each province according to its script, each people according to its language, being written ^(C)in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s signet ring.