Greek Esther 9:17-19

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¹⁷ On the fourteenth day of the same month they rested and kept it as a day of rest with joy and gladness.^{(A) 18} The Jews who were in the city of Susa came together also on the fourteenth but did not rest. They celebrated the fifteenth with joy and gladness.^{(B) 19} On this account, then, the Jews who are scattered around the countryside keep the fourteenth of Adar as a joyful holiday and send presents of food to one another, while those who live in the large cities keep the fifteenth day of Adar as their joyful holiday, also sending presents to one another.^(C)