⁸ Write in the king’s name whatever pleases you^(A) concerning the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring.^(B) A document written in the king’s name and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.’^(C)

⁸ Therefore, Your Majesty, establish the edict^(A) and sign the document so that, as a law of the Medes and Persians, it is irrevocable and cannot be changed.’^(B)

¹² So they approached the king^(A) and asked about his edict: ‘Didn’t you sign an edict that for thirty days any person who petitions any god or man except you, the king, will be thrown into the lions’ den? ’

The king answered, ‘As a law of the Medes and Persians, the order stands^[a] and is irrevocable.’^(B)