Lalu para juru tulis raja dipanggil pada waktu itu, pada bulan ketiga, yaitu bulan Siwan, pada tanggal dua puluh tiga bulan itu. Kemudian dituliskanlah segala sesuatu sesuai dengan apa yang diperintahkan Mordekhai kepada orang-orang Yahudi, dan kepada para wakil raja, para bupati, serta para pembesar daerah-daerah, dari India sampai Kush, seratus dua puluh tujuh daerah. Setiap daerah menerimanya dalam tulisannya sendiri, dan setiap bangsa dalam bahasanya sendiri, dan orang-orang Yahudi dalam tulisan dan bahasa mereka sendiri.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“So the king’s scribes were summoned at that time” [8:9]. They called the scribes at the same time, on the twenty-third day of Sivan, to write letters to the Jews and the ministers to kill the Amalekites. Here one asks a question. Why does Scripture have to say that it was at the same time? One asks another question. Why did Mordecai and Esther wait so long to write the letter, from Passover until after Shavuot? The king had told them to write it immediately after Passover. The answer is that it is written, therefore at the same time. That is to say, not the time that Ahasuerus told them to write. Mordecai thought: I must wait until the first messengers that have been sent will arrive. Mordecai sent the same messengers again to say: the first time we carried false letters from Haman, but now we have been sent again, that we should abrogate the first letters and that the Amalekites should be killed. That is why it is written concerning the messengers of Mordecai’s letters that they departed on their way with fright. That is, they were frightened that they were being sent again to abrogate the first letters.
Concerning Mordecai it is written that Mordecai wrote letters himself and sealed them himself. However, Haman did not have the time, since he had to go to the banquet. Therefore, he did not write them himself and in the letters it said to destroy this whole people. Here one asks a question. Why does he have to add people? He could only say to destroy all those who were enemies of the Jews? The answer is that Mordecai did not know who was hurting the Jews, Amalekites or other nations? Therefore, Mordecai wrote, all those people who have hurt the Jews should be killed. Mordecai said that all the Jews should gather together, since there were few Jews. Therefore, they must gather together and Mordecai asked that they should kill the Amalekites and rob their money in one day. However, Haman had asked that they should kill one day and rob the next day. If they would rob the money from the Jews in one day, then many Amalekites and other nations would only rob and would allow the Jews to run away. Therefore, Haman said that no money of the Jews should be touched on the same day that they will be killing them. However, Mordecai said that they should kill the Amalekites and rob their money in one day. However, no Jew should touch the money of the other nations in the expectation that the other nations will come running after the Amalekites in one day with the Jews and the nations should rob their money awaiting that the Jews should also be able to kill on the same day. There are not many Jews and perhaps the Amalekites will attack the Jews, heaven forbid. However, since all the nations ran after the Amalekites, they confused them and they did not know what was wrong.