So Tobias cut open the fish and gathered up the gallbladder, heart, and liver. He cooked the fish and ate it; and the remaining part of it, which he salted, he put aside. Then they both journeyed together until they approached Media.

He will punish you for your unjust acts, but he will also show all of you mercy and gather you together out of all the nations among which you have been scattered.

Rejoice then and be glad for the children of the righteous, for all will be gathered together and praise the eternal Lord.

They will praise the eternal God in righteousness. All the Israelites who are delivered in those days, who are genuinely mindful of God, will be gathered together. They will come to Jerusalem and will live forever in the land of Abraham in security, and it will be given to them. Those who genuinely love God will rejoice, while those who commit sin and injustice will be wiped out entirely from the land.

They had just recently returned from captivity in exile. All the people of Judea had only just gathered together again, and the temple together with its altar and equipment had been newly dedicated to God after being polluted.

Then all the people—the young men, the women, and the children—gathered around Uzziah and the rulers of the city. They cried out before all the elders with a loud voice, saying:

All the women of Israel gathered together to see her. They blessed her, and some performed a dance for her. Then Judith took wands wrapped with ivy in her hands and gave them to the women who were with her.

When the king’s order and his new law became public, many young women were gathered into the city of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to Hegai, the one in charge of the women.

“Go, gather all the Jews who are in Susa and tell them to fast from eating for my sake. They aren’t to eat or drink anything for three whole days, and I myself will do the same, along with my female servants. Then, even though it’s against the law, I will go to the king, even if it means my death.”

Mordecai was second only to King Artaxerxes, and he was a great man in the kingdom. He was held in honor by all the Jews and loved by his whole nation for his conduct.

Addition F

Mordecai interprets his dream

Mordecai said, “These things came from God. I remember the dream that I had about these things. Not one aspect of it failed to come true. There was the little spring that became a great river, and there were light and the sun and an abundance of water. The river is Esther, whom the king married and made queen. The two dragons are Haman and myself. The nations are those who gathered to wipe out the very name of the Jews. “As for my nation Israel, it cried out to God and was saved. The Lord saved his people, and the Lord delivered us from all these evils. God has done signs and great wonders that have not happened among the nations. For this reason God made two lots, one to represent God’s people and one to represent the nations. These two lots came before God for the hour and season and day of decision in the presence of all the nations. God remembered his people and affirmed the just cause of his inheritance. “The fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar will be observed among God’s people Israel with a gathering, with joy and feasting in the presence of God, from generation to generation forever.” In the fourth year of the rule of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who affirmed that he was a priest and Levite, and his son Ptolemy brought the preceding letter concerning Purim. They verified its genuineness. Lysimachus, Ptolemy’s son, a resident of Jerusalem, translated the letter.

Therefore, they were struck blind, just like those people who had gathered at the door of one who had also done what was right. A veil of darkness was cast around them, and each one of them groped for the entrance to his own gates.

All beings gather together with their own kind, and people cling to those who are like them.

So also he showed no mercy to the six hundred thousand foot soldiers who gathered together in their stubbornness.

Those who build their houses with another person’s money are like those who gather stones for their own burial mound.

A gathering of lawless people is the same as bundled flax; their end is a flaming fire.

If you have gathered nothing in your youth, how then will you find anything in your old age?

My heart was cautious about three things, and I was fearful in the face of a fourth— slander in a city, the gathering of a mob, and a false accusation— all of these are more miserable than death.

I was the last to keep vigil, as one who gathered the leftovers after the grape pickers.

Gather all the tribes of Jacob,

Get up, Jerusalem! Stand on the high place, and look around to the east! See your children gathered from the west to the east by the holy one’s word, as they rejoice that God has remembered them.

His fame extended to the ends of the earth. He gathered together those who were perishing.

Apollonius gathered Gentiles and a large force from Samaria to fight against Israel.

At this point, Seron the commander of the Syrian army heard that Judas had gathered a large company, including a group of faithful soldiers who stayed with him and went out to battle.

Policy of Antiochus

When King Antiochus heard about these matters, he became very angry. So he gathered together all the forces of his empire, a mighty army.

So the congregation gathered to prepare for battle, and to pray and ask for mercy and compassion.