Esther 9:20

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Esther 9:20

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,

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KJV

King James Version

¶ And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that [were] in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, [both] nigh and far,

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WEB

World English Bible

Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus, both near and far,

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ASV

American Standard Version

And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Esther 9

¹⁸ The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.

¹⁹ This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.

²⁰ Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,

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.

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