Cross References Then the king's scribes and secretaries were called for (now it was the time of the third month which is called Siban) the three and twentieth day of the month, and letters were written, as Mardochai had a mind, to the Jews, and to the governors, and to the deputies, and to the judges, who were rulers over the hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia: to province and province, to people and people, according to their languages and characters, and to the Jews, according as they could read and hear. Esther 1:1 In the days of Assuerus, who reigned from India to Ethiopia over a hundred and twenty seven provinces: Esther 1:22 And he sent letters to all the provinces of his kingdom, as every nation could hear and read, in divers languages and characters, that the husbands should be rulers and masters in their houses: and that this should be published to every people. Esther 3:12 And the king's scribes were called in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same mouth: and they wrote, as Aman had commanded, to all the king's lieutenants, and to the judges of the provinces, and of divers nations, as every nation could read, and hear according to their different languages, in the name of king Assuerus: and the letters, sealed with his ring, Daniel 6:25 Then king Darius wrote to all people, tribes, and languages, dwelling in the whole earth: PEACE be multiplied unto you. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Then the king's scribes and secretaries were called for (now it was the time of the third month which is called Siban) the three and twentieth day of the month, and letters were written, as Mardochai had a mind, to the Jews, and to the governors, and to the deputies, and to the judges, who were rulers over the hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia: to province and province, to people and people, according to their languages and characters, and to the Jews, according as they could read and hear. the king's. Esther 3:12 And the king's scribes were called in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same mouth: and they wrote, as Aman had commanded, to all the king's lieutenants, and to the judges of the provinces, and of divers nations, as every nation could read, and hear according to their different languages, in the name of king Assuerus: and the letters, sealed with his ring, and to the lieutenants. Esther 1:1,22 In the days of Assuerus, who reigned from India to Ethiopia over a hundred and twenty seven provinces: . . . Esther 3:12,13 And the king's scribes were called in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same mouth: and they wrote, as Aman had commanded, to all the king's lieutenants, and to the judges of the provinces, and of divers nations, as every nation could read, and hear according to their different languages, in the name of king Assuerus: and the letters, sealed with his ring, . . . Daniel 6:1 It seemed good to Darius, and he appointed over the kingdom a hundred and twenty governors, to be over his whole kingdom. India. 2,400 miles, and from east to west 1,800, between Esther 8:8 Write ye therefore to the Jews, as it pleaseth you in the king's name, and seal the letters with my ring. For this was the custom, that no man durst gainsay the letters which were sent in the king's name, and were sealed with his ring. ? and 35? N. lat. and 68? and 92? E. long.; being bounded on the west by the Indus, east by the Birman empire and Thibet, north by the Indian Caucasus, and south by the Indian Ocean. It is probable, however, that all the country east of the Indus was anciently called India. and according. Esther 1:22 And he sent letters to all the provinces of his kingdom, as every nation could hear and read, in divers languages and characters, that the husbands should be rulers and masters in their houses: and that this should be published to every people. Esther 3:12 And the king's scribes were called in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same mouth: and they wrote, as Aman had commanded, to all the king's lieutenants, and to the judges of the provinces, and of divers nations, as every nation could read, and hear according to their different languages, in the name of king Assuerus: and the letters, sealed with his ring, 2 Kings 18:26 Then Eliacim, the son of Helcias, and Sobna, and Joahe, said to Rabsaces: We pray thee, speak to us, thy servants, in Syriac: for we understand that tongue: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the hearing of the people that are upon the wall. Daniel 4:1 I, Nabuchodonosor, was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace: 1 Corinthians 14:9-11 So likewise you, except you utter by the tongue plain speech, how shall it be known what is said? For you shall be speaking into the air. . . . Context The Decree of Xerxes…8Write ye therefore to the Jews, as it pleaseth you in the king's name, and seal the letters with my ring. For this was the custom, that no man durst gainsay the letters which were sent in the king's name, and were sealed with his ring. 9Then the king's scribes and secretaries were called for (now it was the time of the third month which is called Siban) the three and twentieth day of the month, and letters were written, as Mardochai had a mind, to the Jews, and to the governors, and to the deputies, and to the judges, who were rulers over the hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia: to province and province, to people and people, according to their languages and characters, and to the Jews, according as they could read and hear.10And these letters which were sent in the king's name, were sealed with his ring, and sent by posts: who were to run through all the provinces, to prevent the former letters with new messages.… Lexicon At onceבָּֽעֵת־ (bā·‘êṯ-) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular Strong's Hebrew 6256: Time, now, when the royal הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king scribes סֹפְרֵֽי־ (sō·p̄ə·rê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 5608: To count, recount, relate were summoned, וַיִּקָּרְא֣וּ (way·yiq·qā·rə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7121: To call, proclaim, read and on the twenty-third [day] בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֣ה (biš·lō·wō·šāh) Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7969: Three, third, thrice of the third הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֜י (haš·šə·lî·šî) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7992: Third, feminine a, third, a third, a third-story cell) month בַּחֹ֨דֶשׁ (ba·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2320: The new moon, a month ( הַ֠הִיא (ha·hî) Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are the month חֹ֣דֶשׁ (ḥō·ḏeš) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 2320: The new moon, a month of Sivan), סִיוָ֗ן (sî·wān) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5510: Third month of the Jewish year they recorded וַיִּכָּתֵ֣ב (way·yik·kā·ṯêḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3789: To grave, to write all of כְּֽכָל־ (kə·ḵāl-) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every Mordecai's מָרְדֳּכַ֣י (mā·rə·do·ḵay) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4782: Mordecai -- a companion of Zerubbabel, also a cousin of Esther orders צִוָּ֣ה (ṣiw·wāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to the Jews הַיְּהוּדִ֡ים (hay·yə·hū·ḏîm) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3064: Jews -- Jewish and to וְאֶ֣ל (wə·’el) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to the satraps, הָאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנִֽים־ (hā·’ă·ḥaš·dar·pə·nîm-) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 323: A satrap, governor, of a, main province governors, וְהַפַּחוֹת֩ (wə·hap·pa·ḥō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6346: A governor and princes וְשָׂרֵ֨י (wə·śā·rê) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince of the 127 שֶׁ֣בַע (še·ḇa‘) Number - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number provinces הַמְּדִינ֜וֹת (ham·mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 4082: A judgeship, jurisdiction, a district, a region from India מֵהֹ֣דּוּ (mê·hōd·dū) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1912: Hodu to וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while Cush� כּ֗וּשׁ (kūš) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3568: A son of Ham, also his descendants, also a land in the southern Nile Valley [writing] to each province מְדִינָ֔ה (mə·ḏî·nāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4082: A judgeship, jurisdiction, a district, a region in its own script, וּמְדִינָה֙ (ū·mə·ḏî·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4082: A judgeship, jurisdiction, a district, a region to every people וָעָ֖ם (wā·‘ām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock in their own language, כִּלְשֹׁנ֑וֹ (kil·šō·nōw) Preposition-k | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3956: The tongue and to וְאֶ֨ל־ (wə·’el-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to the Jews הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים (hay·yə·hū·ḏîm) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3064: Jews -- Jewish in their own script כִּכְתָבָ֖ם (kiḵ·ṯā·ḇām) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3789: To grave, to write and language. וְכִלְשׁוֹנָֽם׃ (wə·ḵil·šō·w·nām) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3956: The tongue Additional Translations 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 each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. So the scribes were called in the first-month, which is Nisan, on the three and twentieth day of the same year; and orders were written to the Jews, whatever the king had commanded to the local governors and chiefs of the satraps, from India even to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven satraps, according to the several provinces, according to their dialects. Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors, and the princes of the provinces which are from India even to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language, and to the Jews according to their writing and according to their language. Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month, which is the month, Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day of it; and it was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India to Cush, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, to every province according to the writing of it, and to every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. Then the king's scribes were called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language. And the scribes of the king are called, at that time, in the third month -- it is the month of Sivan -- in the three and twentieth of it, and it is written, according to all that Mordecai hath commanded, unto the Jews, and unto the lieutenants, and the governors, and the heads of the provinces, that are from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces -- province and province according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, and unto the Jews according to their writing, and according to their tongue. 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