10 They were written by order of the king, sealed with his ring, and the letters were sent by the couriers. (WEB)
Greek Esther 8:10
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Esther 8:9–11
9 At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan ), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush —writing to ea…
Esther 3:11–13
11 “Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.” 12 On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the gove…
Esther 8:13–15
13 A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. 14 The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the comma…
1 Esdras 3:12–14
12 The third wrote, “Women are strongest, but above all things Truth is the victor.” (WEB) 13 Now when the king woke up, they took the writing and gave it to him, so he read it. (WEB) 14 Sending out, he called all the princes of Persia and of Media, the local governors, the captain… (WEB)
Ezra 5:6–8
6 This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius. 7 The report they sent him read as follows: To King Darius: All peace. 8 Let it b…
1 Maccabees 12:3–5
3 They went to Rome, entered into the senate house, and said, “Jonathan the high priest and the nation of the Jews have sent us to renew for them the friendship and the alliance, as in former time.” (WEB) 4 They gave them letters to the men in every place, that they sho… (WEB)
Greek Esther 3:13–15
13a The message was sent by couriers throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus, to utterly destroy the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods. [The following is the copy of the letter. “From the great King Ahas… (WEB)
3 Maccabees 3:29–30
29 Whatever place shelters a Jew shall be made unapproachable and shall be put under the ban of fire, and be forever rendered useless to every living being for all time to come.” (WEB) 30 The king’s letter was written in the above form. (WEB)
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