19 Therefore ye shall publish the copy of this letter in all places, that the Jews may freely live after their own laws. (KJV) 20 And ye shall aid them, that even the same day, being the thirteenth day of the twelfth month Adar, they may be avenged on them, who in the time of their affliction shall set upon them. (KJV) 21 For Almighty God hath turned to joy unto them the day, wherein the chosen people should have perished. (KJV)
Greek Esther 16:19–21
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