28 that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, in every clan, province, and city, and that these days of Purim should never fall into disuse among the Jews, nor should the commemoration of these days cease among their descendants.

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28 These days should be remembered and observed in every generation by every family, and in every province and in every city. And these days of Purim should never fail to be celebrated by the Jews—nor should the memory of these days die out among their descendants.

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(A)Bless the Lord, O my soul,
    and (B)forget not all his benefits,

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Praise the Lord,(A) my soul,
    and forget not(B) all his benefits—

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He established (A)a testimony in (B)Jacob
    and appointed a law in (C)Israel,
which he commanded our fathers
    to teach to their children,
that (D)the next generation might know them,
    the children yet unborn,
and arise and tell them to their children,
    so that they should set their hope in God
and not forget (E)the works of God,
    but (F)keep his commandments;

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He decreed statutes(A) for Jacob(B)
    and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
    to teach their children,
so the next generation would know them,
    even the children yet to be born,(C)
    and they in turn would tell their children.
Then they would put their trust in God
    and would not forget(D) his deeds
    but would keep his commands.(E)

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then you shall tell them that (A)the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the people of Israel (B)a memorial forever.”

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tell them that the flow of the Jordan was cut off(A) before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. These stones are to be a memorial(B) to the people of Israel forever.”

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(A)You shall tell your son on that day, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ And it shall (B)be to you as a sign on your hand and as (C)a memorial (D)between your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt.

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On that day tell your son,(A) ‘I do this because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand(B) and a reminder on your forehead(C) that this law of the Lord is to be on your lips. For the Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand.(D)

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14 And the crown shall be in the temple of the Lord as (A)a reminder to (B)Helem,[a] (C)Tobijah, (D)Jedaiah, and Hen (E)the son of Zephaniah.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 6:14 An alternate spelling of Heldai (verse 10)

14 The crown will be given to Heldai,[a] Tobijah, Jedaiah and Hen[b] son of Zephaniah as a memorial(A) in the temple of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 6:14 Syriac; Hebrew Helem
  2. Zechariah 6:14 Or and the gracious one, the

17 And you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for (A)on this very day I brought your (B)hosts out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day, throughout your generations, as a statute forever.

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17 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread,(A) because it was on this very day that I brought your divisions out of Egypt.(B) Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for the generations to come.(C)

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