Esther 3:10-12

Contemporary English Version

¹⁰ The king handed his official ring to Haman, who hated the Jews, and the king told him, ¹¹ “Do what you want with those people! You can keep their money.”

¹² On the thirteenth day of Nisan, Haman called in the king's secretaries and ordered them to write letters in every language used in the kingdom. The letters were written in the name of the king and sealed by using the king's own ring.^[a] At once they were sent to the king's highest officials, the governors of each province, and the leaders of the different nations in the kingdom of Xerxes.