Esther 9:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar”
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“to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,”
King James Version · Public Domain“to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“to establish on them, to be keeping the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and the fifteenth day of it, in every year and year,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Esther 9:21 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ezra 6:15And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.
- Esther 3:7In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
- Esther 9:17This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.
- Esther 9:18The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.
- Esther 9:27the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.
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