Esther 9:29-31

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²⁹ Queen Esther daughter of Abihail,^(A) along with Mordecai the Jew,^(B) wrote this second letter with full authority^(C) to confirm the letter about Purim. ³⁰ He sent letters with messages of peace and faithfulness to all the Jews who were in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, ³¹ in order to confirm these days of Purim at their proper time just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and just as they had committed themselves and their descendants to the practices of fasting^(D) and lamentation.^(E)