²⁸ They also brought to the required place barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds, each according to his charge.

¹⁴ So the couriers, mounted on their royal steeds, hurried out, urged by the king’s command. The decree was issued in the citadel of Susa.

¹⁰ He wrote letters in the name of King Ahasuerus, sealed them with the king’s ring, and sent them by mounted couriers riding on fast steeds bred from the royal herd.^[a](A)