Greek Esther 8:13-17

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8 ¹³ “Let copies of the decree be posted conspicuously in all the kingdom, and let all the Jews be ready on that day to fight against their enemies.”^(A)

¹⁴ So the messengers on horseback set out with all speed to perform what the king had commanded, and the decree was posted also in Susa. ¹⁵ Mordecai went out dressed in the royal robe and wearing a gold crown and a turban of purple linen. The people in Susa rejoiced on seeing him.^{(B) 16} And the Jews had light and gladness ¹⁷ in every city and province wherever the decree was published; wherever the proclamation was made, the Jews had joy and gladness, a banquet and a holiday. And many of the nations were circumcised and became Jews out of fear of the Jews.^(C)