32 So Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, which were written into the record.
Esther 9:32
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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…
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)
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 …
Greek Esther 9:27–29
27 Mordecai established it, and the Jews took upon themselves, upon their offspring, and upon those who were joined to them to observe it, neither would they on any account behave differently; but these days were to be a memorial kept in every generation, city,… (WEB) 28 … (WEB)
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)
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)
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