Ester 3:12

3:12 So the royal scribes ¹  were summoned in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month. Everything Haman commanded was written to the king’s satraps ²  and governors who were in every province and to the officials of every people, province by province according to its script and people by people according to its language. In the name of King Ahasuerus it was written and sealed with the king’s signet ring.

Ester 4:16

4:16 “Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast in my behalf. Don’t eat and don’t drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I ³  will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law. ⁴  If I perish, I perish!”

Ester 8:5

8:5 She said, “If the king is so inclined and if I have met with his approval and if the matter is agreeable to the king and if I am attractive to him, let an edict be written rescinding those recorded intentions of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, ⁵  which he wrote in order to destroy the Jews who are throughout all the king’s provinces.

[3:12]  ¹ tn Or “secretaries” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT).

[3:12]  ² tn Or “princes” (so NLT); CEV “highest officials.”

[4:16]  ³ tn Heb “I and my female attendants.” The translation reverses the order for stylistic reasons.

[4:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “which is not according to the law” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “contrary to the law.”

[8:5]  ⁵ tc The LXX does not include the expression “the Agagite.”