22 because on those days the Jews [a]rid themselves of their enemies, and it was a month which was (A)turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a [b]holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and rejoicing and (B)sending portions of food to one another and gifts to the poor.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 9:22 Lit had rest from
  2. Esther 9:22 Lit good day