17
In
each and
every province and in
each and
every city,
wherever * the
king's commandment and his
decree arrived, there was
gladness and
joy for the
Jews, a
feast and a
holiday *. And
many among the
peoples of the
land became Jews, for the
dread of the
Jews had
fallen on them.
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