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# the king's scribes were called
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"the king called his scribes."
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# the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month
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"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.
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# A decree was written
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"They wrote a decree"
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# provinces
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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.
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# written in their own writing
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"written in their own script."
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