Nehemiah 8:10
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10 Then he said to them, “Go, eat the festival foods, drink the sweet drinks, and (A)send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your [a]refuge.”
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- Nehemiah 8:10 Or stronghold
Nehemiah 8:12
New American Standard Bible
12 Then all the people went away to eat, drink, (A)to send portions, and to [a]celebrate a great feast, (B)because they understood the words which had been made known to them.
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- Nehemiah 8:12 Lit make a great rejoicing
Esther 9:19
New American Standard Bible
19 Therefore the Jews of the rural areas, who live in (A)the rural towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a [a](B)holiday for rejoicing and feasting and (C)sending portions of food to one another.
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- Esther 9:19 Lit rejoicing and feasting and a good day and sending
Esther 9:22
New American Standard Bible
22 because on those days the Jews [a]rid themselves of their enemies, and it was a month which was (A)turned for them from grief into joy, and from mourning into a [b]holiday; that they were to make them days of feasting and rejoicing, and (B)sending portions of food to one another, and gifts to the poor.
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- Esther 9:22 Lit had rest from
- Esther 9:22 Lit good day
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