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 committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation. 32 So Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, which were written into the record.
Esther 9:30–32
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Greek Esther 9:31–32
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)
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…
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)
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 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)
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 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)
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