Catholic Public Domain Version
" And the effect of the letters was this: that all provinces would know and prepare for the prescribed day. "
— Esther 3:14, Catholic Public Domain Version
“The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.”
“A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published unto all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day. ”
“A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day.”
“A copy of this edict was to be presented as law throughout every province; it was to be made known to all the inhabitants, so that they would be prepared for this day.”
“And the contents of the letters were to this effect, that all provinces might know and be ready against that day.”
“A copy of the writing, to be made public in every part of the kingdom, was sent out to all the peoples, so that they might be ready when that day came.”
“The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.”
And he said to him, “Let the silver, which you promise, be for yourself. As for the people, do with them as it pleases you.”
And the scribes of the king were summoned, in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same month. And it was written, as Haman had commanded, to all the king’s governors, and to the judges of the provinces, and to various peoples, so that each people could read and hear according to their various languages, in the name of king Artaxerxes. And the letters were sealed with his ring.
These were sent by the king’s messengers to all the provinces, so as to kill and destroy all the Jews, from children all the way to the elderly, even little children and women, on one day, that is, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is called Adar, and to plunder their goods, even their necessities.
And the effect of the letters was this: that all provinces would know and prepare for the prescribed day.
The couriers, who had been sent, hurried to complete the king’s command, but the edict was hung up in Susa immediately. And the king and Haman celebrated a feast, while all the Jews in the city were weeping.