Tribute to Xerxes and Mordecai
Esther 16:19
In 3 translations
- KJV
- Therefore ye shall publish the copy of this letter in all places, that the Jews may freely live after their own laws.
- DRC
- But this edict, which we now send, shall be published in all cities, that the Jews may freely follow their own laws.
- LXXE8:12
- We enjoin you then, having openly published a copy of this letter in every place, to give the Jews permission to use their own lawful customs, and to strengthen them, that on the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar, on the self-same day, they may defend themselves against those who attacked them in a time of affliction.
Original-language editions
- LXX-Br8:12
- Τὸ δὲ ἀντίγραφον τῆς ἐπιστολῆς ταύτης ἐκθέντες ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ μετὰ παῤῥησίας, ἐᾷν τοὺς Ἰουδαίους χρῆσθαι τοῖς ἑαυτῶν νομίμοις, καὶ συνεπισχύειν αὐτοῖς, ὅπως τοὺς ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως ἐπιθεμένους αὐτοῖς, ἀμύνωνται τῇ τρισκαιδεκάτῃ τοῦ δωδεκάτου μηνὸς Ἀδὰρ τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρᾳ·
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 8:12s in some Bibles
- 16:19 in most Bibles