9 So the secretaries of the king were summoned at that time in the third month, that is, the month of Siʹvan,* on the 23rd day, and they wrote all that Morʹde·cai commanded to the Jews, as well as to the satraps,+ the governors, and the princes of the provinces*+ from Inʹdi·a to E·thi·oʹpi·a, 127 provinces,* to each province* in its own script* and to each people in its own language and to the Jews in their own script* and language.

6 It seemed good to Da·riʹus to appoint 120 satraps over the whole kingdom.+