^14 (A)A copy of the document was to be issued as law in every province, being published for all people, that they should be ready for that day.

^13 (A)A copy of the document was to be issued as a decree in every province and published for all people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. ¹⁴ The couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s command. And the decree was issued in ^[a]Shushan the ^[b]citadel.