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Esther 9:22-24
1599 Geneva Bible
Esther 9:22-24
1599 Geneva Bible
22 According to the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a joyful day, to keep them the days of feasting and joy, and to [a]send presents every man to his neighbor, and gifts to the poor.
23 And the Jews promised to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them,
24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite all the Jews’ adversary had imagined against the Jews to destroy them, and had [b]cast Pur (that is a lot) to consume and destroy them.
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- Esther 9:22 He setteth before our eyes the use of this feast, which was for the remembrance of God’s deliverance, the maintenance of mutual friendship and relief of the poor.
- Esther 9:24 Read Esther 3.
Esther 9:22-24
New International Version
Esther 9:22-24
New International Version
22 as the time when the Jews got relief(A) from their enemies, and as the month when their sorrow was turned into joy and their mourning into a day of celebration.(B) He wrote them to observe the days as days of feasting and joy and giving presents of food(C) to one another and gifts to the poor.(D)
23 So the Jews agreed to continue the celebration they had begun, doing what Mordecai had written to them. 24 For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite,(E) the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the pur(F) (that is, the lot(G)) for their ruin and destruction.(H)
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