12 The king’s secretaries+ were then called on the 13th day of the first month. They put in writing+ all of Haʹman’s orders to the king’s satraps, the governors who were over the provinces,* and the princes of the different peoples, to each province* in its own script* and to each people in its own language. It was written in the name of King A·has·u·eʹrus and sealed with the king’s signet ring.+

14 A copy of the document was to be issued as a law in every province* and proclaimed to all the peoples, so that they would be prepared for that day.