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Esther 9:21-23
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Esther 9:21-23
Holman Christian Standard Bible
21 He ordered(A) them to celebrate the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar every year 22 because during those days the Jews got rid of[a](B) their enemies. That was the month when their sorrow was turned into rejoicing and their mourning into a holiday.(C) They were to be days of feasting,(D) rejoicing, and of sending gifts to one another and the poor.
23 So the Jews agreed to continue the practice they had begun, as Mordecai had written them to do.
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- Esther 9:22 Lit Jews gained relief from
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