11 And these two lots came for an appointed season, and for a day of judgment, before God, and for all the nations. (WEB) 12 God remembered his people and vindicated his inheritance. (WEB) 13 They shall observe these days in the month Adar, on the fourteenth and on the fifteenth day of the month, with an assembly, joy, and gladness before God, throughout the generations forever among his people Israel. (WEB)
Greek Esther 10:11–13
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