⁷ And the king Ahasuerus said unto the Queen Esther, and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, whom they have hanged upon the tree, because he ^[a]laid hand upon the Jews.

⁸ Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you in the King’s name, and seal it with the King’s ring, (for the writings written in the King’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may ^[b]no man revoke.)

⁹ Then were the King’s Scribes called at the same time, even in the third month, that is the month ^[c]Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof: and it was written, according to all as Mordecai commanded, unto the Jews and to the princes, and captains and rulers of the provinces, which were from India even unto Ethiopia, an hundred and seven and twenty provinces, unto every province according to the ^[d]writing thereof, and to every people after their speech, and to the Jews, according to their writing, and according to their language.