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# called

"summoned"

# the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month

"Sivan" is the name of the third month of the Hebrew calendar. The twenty-third day is near the middle of June on Western calendars. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# A decree was written

This can be stated in active form. AT: "They wrote a decree" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# 127 provinces

"one hundred and twenty-seven provinces" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# provinces

A "province" is a large area into which some countries are divided for the purposes of government. See how you translated this in in [Esther 1:1](../01/01.md).

# written in their own writing

"written in their own script." There are different writing systems around the world.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/scribe]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/call]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimemonth]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/decree]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/mordecai]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/province]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/governor]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ethiopia]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peoplegroup]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# called`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"Sivan" is the name of the third month of the Hebrew calendar. The twenty-third day is near the middle of June on Western calendars. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# A decree was written`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This can be stated in active form. AT: "They wrote a decree" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# 127 provinces`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"one hundred and twenty-seven provinces" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# provinces`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`A "province" is a large area into which some countries are divided for the purposes of government. See how you translated this in in [Esther 1:1](../01/01.md).`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# written in their own writing`
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added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`"written in their own script." There are different writing systems around the world.`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/scribe]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/call]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicaltimemonth]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/decree]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/mordecai]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/province]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/governor]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ethiopia]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/peoplegroup]]`