14 ^mA copy of the document was to be issued as a decree in every province by proclamation to all the peoples to be ready for that day.

8 Mordecai also gave him ^sa copy of the written decree issued in Susa for their destruction,¹ that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her and command her to go to the king to beg his favor and plead with him² on behalf of her people.