Esther 3:12

Easy To Read Version

Then on the 13th day of the first month the king’s secretaries were called. They wrote out all of Haman’s commands in the language of each province. And they wrote them in the language of each group of people. They wrote to the king’s satraps (leaders), the governors of the different provinces, and the leaders of the different groups of people. They wrote with the authority of King Xerxes himself, and sealed the commands with the king’s own ring.

Cross References

1 Kings 21:8

Then Jezebel wrote some letters. She signed Ahab’s name to the letters. She used Ahab’s own seal to seal the letters. Then she sent them to the elders (leaders) and important men who lived in the same town as Naboth.

Ezra 8:36

Then those people gave the letter from King Artaxerxes to the royal satraps (leaders) and to the governors of the area west of the Euphrates River. Then those leaders gave their support to the people of Israel and to the temple.

Esther 1:22

King Xerxes sent letters to all parts of the kingdom. He sent those letters to each province, written in its own language. He sent those letters to each nation in its own language. Those letters announced in every person’s language that every man was to be ruler over his own family.

Esther 3:11

Then the king said to Haman, “Keep the money. Do what you want with those people.”

Esther 8:2

The king had gotten his ring back from Haman. The king took that ring off his finger and gave it to Mordecai. Then Esther put Mordecai in charge of all of the things that belonged to Haman.

Daniel 3:10

King, you gave a command. You said that everyone that hears the sound of the horns, flutes, lyres, {\cf2\super [29]} sambucas, {\cf2\super [30]} harps, bagpipes, {\cf2\super [31]} and all the other musical instruments must bow down and worship the gold idol.

Daniel 6:12

So they went to the king. They talked to him about the law he had made. They said, “King Darius, you signed a law that says, for the next 30 days anyone that prays to any god or man except you, the king, would be thrown into the lions’ den (cage). You did sign that law, didn’t you?”

Daniel 6:15

Then those men went as a group to the king. They said to him, “Remember, king, that the law of the Medes and Persians says that no law or command signed by the king can ever be canceled or changed.”

Daniel 6:25

Then King Darius wrote this letter to all the people from other nations that spoke many different languages all around the world:

Daniel 6:8

Now, king, make the law and sign the paper it is written on. In this way, the law can’t be changed. Why? Because the laws of the Medes and Persians can’t be canceled or changed.”