22 He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.
Esther 1:22
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Greek Esther 1:21–22
21 This advice pleased the king and the princes; and the king did as Memucan had said, (WEB) 22 and sent into all his kingdom through the several provinces, according to their language, so that men might be feared in their own houses. (WEB)
Esther 9:29–31
29 So Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim. 30 And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes, 31 in…
Greek Esther 16:18–20
18 For he that was the worker of these things, is hanged at the gates of Susa with all his family: God, who ruleth all things, speedily rendering vengeance to him according to his deserts. (KJV) 19 Therefore ye shall publish the copy of this letter in all places, that the… (KJV)
1 Maccabees 1:41–43
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Daniel 6:24–26
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Greek Esther 3:13–15
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Esther 3:13–15
13 And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
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…
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