# called

"summoned"

# the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month

"Sivan" is the name of the third month of the Hebrew calendar. The twenty-third day is near the middle of June on Western calendars. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# A decree was written

This can be stated in active form. AT: "They wrote a decree" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# 127 provinces

"one hundred and twenty-seven provinces" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# provinces

A "province" is a large area into which some countries are divided for the purposes of government. See how you translated this in in [Esther 1:1](../01/01.md).

# written in their own writing

"written in their own script." There are different writing systems around the world.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/scribe]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/call]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimemonth]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/decree]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/mordecai]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/province]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/governor]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ethiopia]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peoplegroup]]