²⁴ Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of one of the other peoples but could not speak Hebrew.^[a](A)

¹² The royal scribes were summoned^(A) on the thirteenth day of the first month, and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded. It was intended for the royal satraps,^(B) the governors of each of the provinces, and the officials of each ethnic group and written for each province in its own script and to each ethnic group in its own language.^(C) It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus^(D) and sealed with the royal signet ring.^(E)

⁹ On the twenty-third day of the third month^(A) – that is, the month Sivan – the royal scribes were summoned. Everything was written exactly as Mordecai^(B) commanded for the Jews, to the satraps,^(C) the governors, and the officials of the 127 provinces from India to Cush.^(D) The edict was written for each province in its own script, for each ethnic group in its own language,^(E) and to the Jews in their own script and language.