Esther:9:18-32
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But the Iewes that were in Shushan assembled themselues on the thirteenth day , &
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on the fourteenth therof , &
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they rested on the fifteenth of the same ,
and kept it a day of feasting &
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ioy .
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Therefore the Jews of the villages ,
that dwelt in the unwalled towns , (
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As the Jews do even to this day ,
calling it in the Persian language Purim ,
that is ,
the day of lots .(:
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made the fourteenth day of the month Adar [
a day of ]
gladness and feasting ,
and a good day ,
and of sending portions one to another .
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And Mordecai wrote (
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The Jews gather from this that Mordecai wrote this book ,
but it seems that he wrote only these letters and decrees that follow .(:
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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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Inioyning them that they shoulde keepe the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar ,
and the fifteenth day of the same ,
euery yeere .
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As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies ,
and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy ,
and from mourning into a good day :
that they should make them days of feasting and joy ,
and of (
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He sets before our eyes the use of this feast which was for the remembrance of God '
s deliverance ,
the maintenance of mutual friendship and relief of the poor .(:
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sending portions one to another ,
and gifts to the poor .
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And the Iewes promised to do as they had begun , &
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as Mordecai had written vnto them ,
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Because Haman the son of Hammedatha ,
the Agagite ,
the enemy of all the Jews ,
had devised against the Jews to destroy them ,
and had (
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Read (
Est_3
:7 ).(:
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cast Pur ,
that [
is ],
the lot ,
to consume them ,
and to destroy them ;
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But when (
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That is ,
Esther .(:
note ) [
Esther ]
came before the king ,
he commanded by letters that his wicked These are the words of the kings commandment to disannul Haman '
s wicked enterprise .
device ,
which he devised against the Jews ,
should return upon his own head ,
and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows .
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Therfore they called these dayes Purim ,
by the name of Pur , &
amp ;
because of all the wordes of this letter , &
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of that which they had seene besides this ,
and of that which had come vnto them .
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The Jews ordained ,
and took upon them ,
and upon their seed ,
and upon all such as joined themselves unto them ,
so as it should not fail ,
that they would keep these two (
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Meaning ,
the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar .(:
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days according to their writing ,
and according to their [
appointed ]
time every year ;
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And that these dayes shoulde be remembred ,
and kept throughout euery generation and euery familie ,
and euery prouince ,
and euery citie :
euen these daies of Purim should not faile among the Iewes ,
and the memoriall of them should not perish from their seede .
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And the Queene Ester ye daughter of Abihail &
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Mordecai the Iew wrote with al authoritie (
to cofirme this letter of Purim ye second time )
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And he sent the letters unto all the Jews ,
to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus , [
with ] (
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Which were letters declaring to them quietness and assurance and putting them out of doubt and fear .(:
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words of peace and truth ,
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To confirm these days of Purim in their times [
appointed ],
according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them ,
and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed ,
the matters of the (
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That they would observe this feast with fasting and earnest prayer ,
which in Hebrew is signified by this word (
they cry ).(:
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fastings and their cry .
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And the decree of Ester confirmed these words of Purim ,
and was written in the booke .
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