Esther 9:32

So Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, which were written into the record.

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KJV

And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

ASV

And the commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

YLT

And a saying of Esther hath established these matters of Purim, and it is written in the Book.

DBT

And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

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And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim,.... As a festival to be observed by the Jews in future generations: and it was written in the book; either in this book of Esther; or in the public acts and chronicles of the kings of Persia; or in a book by itself, now lost, as Aben Ezra thinks, as many others are we read of in Scripture, as the books of the chronicles of the kings of Israel and Judah, &c.

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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For we require this admonition so that we will have always in our hearts the peace of Christianity, and will adopt the truth of the Gospel itself; which will prevent us from inadvertently falling, through discord and disagreement, into the errors of the heretics from …

Rabanus Maurus· Commentary on Esther, 856patristic

The decree of Esther confirmed these matters - It was received by the Jews universally with all respect, and they bound themselves to abide by it. The Vulgate gives a strange turn to this verse: Et omnia quae libri hujus, qui vocatur Esther, historia continentur; And all things which are contained in the history of this book, which is called Esther. The Targum says, And by the word of Esther all these things relative to Purim were confirmed; and the roll was transcribed in this book.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

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Esther 9:26
Therefore these days are called Purim, from the word Pur. Because of all the instructions in this letter, and because of all they had seen and experienced,

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Esther Before the King — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Esther — A Jewish orphan becomes queen of Persia; Haman plots genocide; Mordecai and Esther intervene; deliverance comes by providence — and God's name never once appears in the book.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Anonymous; some rabbinic tradition attributes to Mordecai
Date: Events c. 483–473 BC, during Xerxes I's reign (Heb. Ahasuerus); compilation 4th–5th century BC

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Esther 9:26
Therefore these days are called Purim, from the word Pur. Because of all the instructions in this letter, and because of all they had seen and experienced,
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- Esther 9:20
  Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,
- Ezekiel 39:11
  And on that day I will give Gog a burial place in Israel, the Valley of the Travelers, east of the Sea. It will block those who travel through, because Gog and all his…
- Numbers 16:40
  just as the LORD commanded him through Moses. This was to be a reminder to the Israelites that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to offer incense before the…

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