31 Mordecai and Esther the queen established this decision on their own, pledging their own well-being to their plan. (WEB) 32 And Esther established it by a command forever, and it was written for a memorial. (WEB)
Greek Esther 9:31–32
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Esther 9:22–24
22 as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor. 23 So the J…
Esther 9:30–32
30 And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes, 31 in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had commi…
Greek Esther 9:22–24
22 for on these days the Jews obtained rest from their enemies; and in that month, which was Adar, in which a change was made for them from mourning to joy, and from sorrow to a holiday, to spend the whole of it in good days of feasting and gladness, sending por… (WEB)
Greek Esther 9:26–28
26 Therefore these days were called Purim, because of the lots (for in their language they are called Purim) because of the words of this letter, and because of all they suffered on this account, and all that happened to them. (WEB) 27 Mordecai established it, and the Jew… (WEB)
Esther 9:26–28
26 Therefore these days are called Purim, from the word Pur. Because of all the instructions in this letter, and because of all they had seen and experienced, 27 the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them… 28 …
2 Maccabees 10:7–9
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Greek Esther 12:3–5
3 Then the king examined the two eunuchs, and after that they had confessed it, they were strangled. (KJV) 4 And the king made a record of these things, and Mardocheus also wrote thereof. (KJV) 5 So the king commanded, Mardocheus to serve in the court, and for this he rewarded h… (KJV)
Esther 2:21–23
21 In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes. 22 When Mordecai learned of the plot, he reported it to Queen Esther, and sh…
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