Esther 9:25-27

Expanded Bible

²⁵ But when the king learned of the evil ·plan [plot], he sent out written ·orders [edicts; decrees] that the evil ·plans [plot] Haman had made against the Jews would ·be used against him [^Lfall/return on his own head]. And those ·orders [edicts; decrees] said that Haman and his sons should be ·hanged [impaled] on the ·platform [gallows; pole]. ²⁶ So these days were called Purim, which comes from the word “Pur” (the lot [^Cdice-like objects]). Because of everything written in this ·letter [dispatch] and what they had seen and what happened to them, ²⁷ the Jews set up this ·custom [tradition]. They and their descendants and all those who join them are ·always [^Lwithout fail] to ·celebrate [observe; keep] these two days every year. They should do it ·in the right way [^Las it is written] and at the time Mordecai had ·ordered [decreed].