26 Therefore these days were called Purim, because of the lots (for in their language they are called Purim) because of the words of this letter, and because of all they suffered on this account, and all that happened to them. (WEB)
Greek Esther 9:26
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Esther 9:25–27
25 But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. 26 Therefore these days are called Purim, from t…
Greek Esther 10:12–14
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 peo… (WEB)
Esther 9:31–32
31 in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation. 32 So Esther’s decree confirmed these regul…
Esther 9:21–23
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 t…
Greek Esther 9:21–23
21 to establish these as joyful days and to keep the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar; (WEB) 22 for on these days the Jews obtained rest from their enemies; and in that month, which was Adar, in which a change was made for them from mourning to joy, and from sorrow to a h… (WEB)
1 Maccabees 7:48–50
48 The people were exceedingly glad, and they kept that day as a day of great gladness. (WEB) 49 They ordained to keep this day year by year on the thirteenth day of Adar. (WEB) 50 So the land of Judah had rest a few days. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 10:7–9
7 Therefore carrying wands wreathed with leaves, and beautiful branches, and palm fronds also, they offered up hymns of thanksgiving to him who had successfully brought to pass the cleansing of his own place. (WEB) 8 They ordained also with a public statute and decree,… (WEB) 9 … (WEB)
Greek Esther 9:31–32
31 Mordecai and Esther the queen established this decision on their own, pledging their own well-being to their plan. (WEB) 32 And Esther established it by a command forever, and it was written for a memorial. (WEB)
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