| Esther 13:1
| And this was the copy of the letter. Artaxerxes, the great king, who reigneth from India to Ethiopia, to the princes and governors of the hundred and twenty-seven provinces, that are subject to his empire, greeting.
| "Hitherto," St. Jerome observes, "the preface extends. What follows, was placed in that part of the volume where it is written, And they, etc., (chap. 3:13., where the edict should naturally appear. Calmet) which we have found only in the Vulgate edition." (Haydock) --- Josephus produces this edict at length, but with some variations, (Calmet) which are of no importance. (Haydock)
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