Esther 9:21

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Esther 9:21

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar

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KJV

King James Version

To stablish [this] among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

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WEB

World English Bible

to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar yearly,

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ASV

American Standard Version

to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Esther 9

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.

²³ So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.

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