31 To confirm these days of Purim according to their seasons, as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the Queen had appointed them, and as they had promised for [a]themselves and for their seed with [b]fasting and prayer.

32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these words of Purim, and was written in the book.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 9:31 Hebrew, souls.
  2. Esther 9:31 That they would observe this feast with fasting and earnest prayer, which in Hebrew is signified by this word (they cry).

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