⁷ In the first month, the month of Nisan, in King Ahasuerus’s twelfth year,^(A) the pur – that is, the lot – was cast before Haman for each day in each month, and it fell on the twelfth month,^(B) the month Adar.^(C)

¹² This would take place on a single day throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.^(A)