Esther 8:8-10

English Standard Version

⁸ But you may write as you please with regard to the Jews, in the name of the king, ^(A)and seal it with the king's ring, for an edict written in the name of the king and sealed with the king's ring ^(B)cannot be revoked.”

^9 (C)The king's scribes were summoned at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day. And an edict was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded concerning the Jews, to ^(D)the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces ^(E)from India to Ethiopia, ^(F)127 provinces, ^(G)to each province in its own script and to each people in its own language, and also to the Jews in their script and their language. ^10 (H)And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus ^(I)and sealed it with the king's signet ring. Then he sent the letters by mounted couriers riding on ^(J)swift horses that were used in the king's service, bred from the royal stud,