Esther 3:7
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7 In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur—which means “the lot”—before Haman for the day and for the month, and the lot fell on the thirteenth day of[a] the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.(A)
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Esther 3:13
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13 Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces, giving orders to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, children and women, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods.(A)
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Esther 9:17
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17 This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested and made that a day of feasting and gladness.(A)
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Esther 9:21
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21 enjoining them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and also the fifteenth day of the same month, year by year,
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1 Maccabees 7:49
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49 They decreed that this day should be celebrated each year on the thirteenth day of Adar.(A)
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