Esther 9:30

Modern

And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,

Traditional

And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,

Literal

And he sent letters to all the Jews, to the seven and twenty and a hundred provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,

Latin

…et miserunt ad omnes Judæos qui in centum viginti septem provinciis regis Assueri versabantur, ut haberent pacem, et susciperent veritatem,

Hebrew

English

And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,

The letter that Queen Esther wrote officially supported Mordecai's proposal (Esther 9:20–23).

Theme notes and profiles

Esther 1:1
This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
Isaiah 39:8
But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”
Zechariah 8:19
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”
Esther 8:9
At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

Ahasuerus: Persian Emperor (probably Xerxes I); husband of Esther Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province