Esther 8:12-14 on a single day in all the provinces of king Xerxes, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, that is, the month of Adar.

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² on a single day in all the provinces of king Xerxes, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, that is, the month of Adar. ¹³ A transcript of the written text was to be promulgated as an edict in all the different provinces and was to be revealed to all the peoples, that the Jews would be equipped for this day to avenge themselves on their enemies. ¹⁴ The couriers, riding the stallions of the royal service, rode forth, speeding up posthaste by order of the king; and the edict was promulgated in the castle of Susa.