Esther 9:23-26
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
23 [a]The Jews adopted as a custom what they had begun doing and what Mordecai had written to them.(A)
VII. Epilogue: The Rise of Mordecai
Summary of the Story. 24 (B)Haman, son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the foe of all the Jews, had planned to destroy them and had cast the pur, or lot, for the time of their defeat and destruction. 25 Yet, when the plot became known to the king, the king ordered in writing that the wicked plan Haman had devised against the Jews should instead be turned against Haman and that he and his sons should be impaled on stakes.(C) 26 And so these days have been named Purim after the word pur.
Thus, because of all that was contained in this letter, and because of what they had witnessed and experienced in this event,
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- 9:23 According to the story, the two-day celebration has its roots in popular observance, which Mordecai’s leadership reinforces and regularizes.
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