^14 (A)A copy of the document was to be issued as a decree in every province by proclamation to all the peoples to be ready for that day.

⁸ Mordecai also gave him ^(A)a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for their destruction, that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her and command her to go to the king to beg his favour and plead with him on behalf of her people.