Ester 3:12

12 Assim, no décimo terceiro dia do primeiro mês, os secretários do rei foram convocados. Hamã ordenou que escrevessem cartas na língua e na escrita de cada povo aos sátrapas do rei, aos governadores das várias províncias e aos chefes de cada povo. Tudo foi escrito em nome do rei Xerxes e selado com o seu anel.

Ester 3:12 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 3:12

Then were the king's scribes called, on the thirteenth day of
the first month
The month Nisan, ( Esther 3:7 ) , after Haman had leave and power from the king to destroy the Jews, and his ring given him in token of it; the king's scribes or secretaries of state were called together on that day, to write the letters for that purpose:

and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded;
whatever he would have done; he had an unlimited power to do what he pleased, and he made use of it, and directed the scribes what they should write:

unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every
province;
the deputy governors of the one hundred and twenty seven provinces, ( Esther 1:1 )

and to the rulers of every people of every province;
it seems there were different people in every province, which had their rulers; and these were sent to:

according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their
language;
and letters were written in the language, and character of the language, each people spoke, that they might be understood by them:

in the name of King Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the
king's ring.
All this Haman took care to have done so early as the thirteenth of Nisan, though the execution was not to be until the thirteenth of Adar, eleven months after; partly that there might be time enough to send the letters everywhere, even to the most distant parts; and chiefly lest Ahasuerus should change his mind, and be prevailed upon to revoke his grant; and, it may be, either to keep the Jews in continual dread, or cause them to flee.

Ester 3:12 In-Context

10 Em vista disso, o rei tirou seu anel-selo do dedo, deu-o a Hamã, o inimigo dos judeus, filho de Hamedata, descendente de Agague, e lhe disse:

11 “Fique com a prata e faça com o povo o que você achar melhor”.

12 Assim, no décimo terceiro dia do primeiro mês, os secretários do rei foram convocados. Hamã ordenou que escrevessem cartas na língua e na escrita de cada povo aos sátrapas do rei, aos governadores das várias províncias e aos chefes de cada povo. Tudo foi escrito em nome do rei Xerxes e selado com o seu anel.

13 As cartas foram enviadas por mensageiros a todas as províncias do império com a ordem de exterminar e aniquilar completamente todos os judeus, jovens e idosos, mulheres e crianças, num único dia, o décimo terceiro dia do décimo segundo mês, o mês de adar, e de saquear os seus bens.

14 Uma cópia do decreto deveria ser publicada como lei em cada província e levada ao conhecimento do povo de cada nação, a fim de que estivessem prontos para aquele dia.