kjv Esther:9:19-22
kjv@Esther:9:19 @ Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, 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.
kjv@Esther:9:20 @ 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,
kjv@Esther:9:21 @ To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
kjv@Esther:9:22 @ 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 sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.