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Documents were delivered by the hand of couriers
This can be translated in active form. Alternate translation: "Couriers hand-delivered the documents" or "Courtiers gave the documents directly" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
annihilate, kill, and destroy
These words mean the same thing and emphasize the completeness of the destruction. Alternate translation: "completely destroy" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet)
thirteenth day of the twelfth month
"day thirteen of month twelve" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal)
which is the month of Adar
"Adar" is the name of the twelfth and last month of the Hebrew calendar. The thirteenth day is near the beginning of March on Western calendars. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths and rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
plunder
steal by force