1That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther…
2The king removed the signet ring he had…
3And once again, Esther addressed the king. She…
4The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther,…
5“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and…
6For how could I bear to see the…
7So King Xerxes said to Esther the Queen…
8Now you may write in the king’s name…
9At once the royal scribes were summoned, and…
10Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes…
11By these letters the king permitted the Jews…
12The single day appointed throughout all the provinces…
13A copy of the text of the edict…
14The couriers rode out in haste on their…
15Mordecai went out from the presence of the…
16For the Jews it was a time of…
17In every province and every city, wherever the…
