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Esther 9:22-24
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Esther 9:22-24
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
22 as the days on which the Jews gained relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and presents to the poor. 23 So the Jews adopted as a custom what they had begun to do, as Mordecai had written to them.
24 Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur—that is “the lot”—to crush and destroy them;
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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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