21 to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar 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 Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.
Esther 9:21–23
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Greek Esther 9:20–22
20 Mordecai wrote these things in a book and sent them to the Jews, as many as were in the kingdom of Ahasuerus, both those who were near and those who were far away, (WEB) 21 to establish these as joyful days and to keep the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar; (WEB) 22 for on these… (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 …
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…
2 Maccabees 10:7–9
7 Therefore carrying wands wreathed with leaves, and beautiful branches, and palm fronds also, they offered up hymns of thanksgiving to him who had successfully brought to pass the cleansing of his own place. (WEB) 8 They ordained also with a public statute and decree,… (WEB) 9 … (WEB)
Greek Esther 10:12–14
12 God remembered his people and vindicated his inheritance. (WEB) 13 They shall observe these days in the month Adar, on the fourteenth and on the fifteenth day of the month, with an assembly, joy, and gladness before God, throughout the generations forever among his peo… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 7:48–50
48 The people were exceedingly glad, and they kept that day as a day of great gladness. (WEB) 49 They ordained to keep this day year by year on the thirteenth day of Adar. (WEB) 50 So the land of Judah had rest a few days. (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)
3 Maccabees 6:35–37
35 But the Jews, as we just said, instituted a dance, and then gave themselves up to feasting, glad thanksgiving, and psalms. (WEB) 36 They made a public ordinance to commemorate these things for generations to come, as long as they should be sojourners. They thus establi… (WEB)
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