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 tongue, that every man should ^(B)be the ruler in his own house and the one who speaks in the tongue 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 princes of each people, each province according to its script, each people according to its tongue, being written ^(C)in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s signet ring.