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Esther 8:9

Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to its own writing, and unto every people according to their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Harbona. Cr., "Bougathan. "(Haydock) He had been to call Aman to the feast. (Jos.) Little dependance is to be had on false friendship, when a man is disgraced. (Worthington) Upon it. His body was perhaps afterwards exposed in the street, chap. xvi. 18. It is not clear that he was nailed to the cross, though this custom prevailed in the country, 1 Esdras vi. 11. Alexander crucified many satraps. (Curtius ix.) The old Vulgate observes that the wife and ten children of Aman suffered with him, chap. ix. 6. (Calmet)
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