³⁰ And Mordecai sent letters to all the Jews, to ^(A)the one hundred and twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,

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1 Now it came to pass in the days of ^(A)Ahasuerus^[a] (this was the Ahasuerus who reigned ^(B)over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces, ^(C)from India to Ethiopia),

^9 (A)So the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day; and it was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, the satraps, the governors, and the princes of the provinces ^(B)from India to Ethiopia, one hundred and twenty-seven provinces in all, to every province ^(C)in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

¹⁹ “Thus says the Lord of hosts:

⁸ So Hezekiah said to Isaiah, ^(A)“The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good!” For he said, “At least there will be peace and truth in my days.”