²⁶ Therefore they called these days Purim, after the term ^(A)Pur. Therefore, because of all that was written in ^(B)this letter, and of what they had faced in this matter, and of what had happened to them,

The Feast of Purim Inaugurated

²⁰ And Mordecai recorded these things and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,

¹¹ “On that day I will give to ^(A)Gog a place for burial in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the sea. It will block the travelers, for there Gog and all his multitude will be buried. It will be called the Valley of ^(B)Hamon-gog.^[a]

⁴⁰ to be a reminder to the people of Israel, so ^(A)that no outsider, who is not of the descendants of Aaron, should draw near to burn incense before the Lord, lest he become like Korah and his company—as the Lord said to him through Moses.