aSo the king's scribes were called at that time in the third month (that is, the month Sivan), on the twenty-third day; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, the satraps, the governors and the princes of the provinces which extended bfrom India to Ethiopia, 127 provinces, to cevery province according to its script, and to every people according to their language as well as to the Jews according to their script and their language.