Nehemiah 13:24
Holman Christian Standard Bible
24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of one of the other peoples but could not speak Hebrew.[a](A)
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- Nehemiah 13:24 Lit Judahite
Nehemiah 13:24
New International Version
24 Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod or the language of one of the other peoples, and did not know how to speak the language(A) of Judah.
Esther 3:12
Holman Christian Standard Bible
12 The royal scribes were summoned(A) on the thirteenth day of the first month, and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded. It was intended for the royal satraps,(B) the governors of each of the provinces, and the officials of each ethnic group and written for each province in its own script and to each ethnic group in its own language.(C) It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus(D) and sealed with the royal signet ring.(E)
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Esther 3:12
New International Version
12 Then on the thirteenth day of the first month the royal secretaries were summoned. They wrote out in the script of each province and in the language(A) of each people all Haman’s orders to the king’s satraps, the governors of the various provinces and the nobles of the various peoples. These were written in the name of King Xerxes himself and sealed(B) with his own ring.
Esther 8:9
Holman Christian Standard Bible
9 On the twenty-third day of the third month(A) (that is, the month Sivan),[a] the royal scribes were summoned. Everything was written exactly as Mordecai(B) ordered for the Jews, to the satraps,(C) the governors, and the officials of the 127 provinces from India[b] to Cush.(D) The edict was written for each province in its own script, for each ethnic group in its own language,(E) and to the Jews in their own script and language.
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- Esther 8:9 = May–June
- Esther 8:9 = modern Pakistan
Esther 8:9
New International Version
9 At once the royal secretaries were summoned—on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan. They wrote out all Mordecai’s orders to the Jews, and to the satraps, governors and nobles of the 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush.[a](A) These orders were written in the script of each province and the language of each people and also to the Jews in their own script and language.(B)
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- Esther 8:9 That is, the upper Nile region
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