13 Letters were sent by (A)couriers to all the king’s provinces (B)to destroy, to kill and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, women and children, (C)in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to (D)seize their possessions as plunder. 14 (E)A copy of the edict to be (a)issued as law in every province was published to all the peoples so that they should be ready for this day.

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a. Esther 3:14: ['Lit ', given]