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The Festival of Purim

20 Mordecai recorded these things in a book and sent it to the Jews in the kingdom of Artaxerxes both near and far,

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In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur—which means “the lot”—before Haman for the day and for the month, and the lot fell on the thirteenth day of[a] the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 3.7 Cn Compare Gk and 3.13 below: Heb lacks the thirteenth day of