Esther 8:6 CPDV

⁴  But he, as was the custom, extended the golden scepter with his hand, which was the sign of clemency, and she rose up and stood before him.

⁵  And she said, 'If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his eyes, and my request is not seen to be disagreeable to him, I beg you that the former letters of Haman, the traitor and enemy of the Jews, by which he instructed them to be destroyed in all the king's provinces, may be corrected by new letters.

⁶  For how will I be able to endure the murder and execution of my people?'

⁷  And king Artaxerxes answered Esther the queen and Mordecai the Jew, 'I have granted Haman's house to Esther, and I have ordered him to be fastened to a cross, because he dared to lay hands on the Jews.

⁸  Therefore, write to the Jews, just as it pleases you, in the king's name, sealing the letters with my ring.' For this was the custom, that letters which were sent in the king's name and were sealed with his ring, no one would dare to contradict.