<p class="bodytext">In the first month (that is, the month of Nisan), in the twelfth year<n id="1" /> of King Ahasuerus&#8217; reign, <i>puri><n id="2" /> (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman in order to determine a day and a month.<n id="3" /> It turned out to be the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar).<n id="4" />p>