Esther 8:10
Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.
And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by courier on horseback, riding on royal horses that were bred from swift steeds.
And he wrote in the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king’s service, bred of the stud:
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- in the king
- 1 Kings 21:8; Ecclesiastes 8:4; Daniel 4:1
- by posts
- Esther 3:13; 2 Chronicles 30:6; Job 9:25; Jeremiah 51:21
- Esther 8:10
- young dromedaries.{Beney harammachim,} "the sons of mares," as the word {ramakat} denotes in Arabic; probably an expletive of the preceeding word.
- Isaiah 60:6; Isaiah 66:20; Jeremiah 2:23