12 (A)Then the king's scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king's (B)satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the officials of all the peoples, (C)to every province in its own script and every people in its own language. It was written (D)in the name of King Ahasuerus (E)and sealed with the king's signet ring. 13 Letters were sent (F)by couriers to all the king's provinces with instruction (G)to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children, (H)in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, (I)and to plunder their goods.

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