Esther 9:27
in Esther 9the 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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
the Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so that it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to the writing thereof, and according to the appointed time thereof, every year;
KJV
The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
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This verse in Esther 9
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThe observance of this feast was to be both universal and perpetual; the proselytes must observe it, in token of their sincere affection to the Jewish nation and their having united interests with them. A concurrence in joys and praises is one branch of the communion of saints.
This site's exposition
had cast the Pur
on Esther 9:24-28
The feast takes its name from the plot's tool: Haman "had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them". The custom binds the Jews, their descendants "and all who join them," so the charter admits converts. Purim is still kept, with this book read aloud.
This site's exposition
the Jews bound themselves to establish
The obligation is one the Jews took on themselves, and it binds their descendants and every convert who joins them. John Wesley calls it the act of the whole people. Matthew Henry reads the converts' share in the feast as their pledge of union with the Jewish nation.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church2 voices
So the days of lots—on which God gives his true followers victory over their enemies—will never fall into oblivion, but will be celebrated throughout the world in every generation since each of the faithful must declare, with firm hope, the coming rest of souls and …
The fateful days in which God gives the victory over the enemies to his true confessors must never be forgotten but must be celebrated all over the world by every generation, because the remembrance of the future rest of souls and of the resurrection of …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
12 And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.
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How the passage was read
On Esther 9:20-32On Esther 9:20-32
The feast this book founds
These verses are the founding charter of Purim, the one feast instituted inside the canon's own narrative books. Its name comes from the “pur,” the lot Haman cast for Israel's destruction. The text itself names the three practices that still define the day: feasting and gladness, sending portions of food to one another, and gifts to the poor (9:22). To this day the whole book of Esther, called the Megillah (“scroll”), is read aloud in the synagogue, with the congregation drowning out Haman's name with noisemakers; the day is kept with costumes, feasting, food baskets to friends, and charity.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Sources: Mishnah Megillah 1:1 (the scroll reading) · Esther 9:22 (the three practices, in the text itself)
The words behind it
23 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| קִיְּמ֣וּ | kiyemu | they imposed | H6965 → | 628 times |
| וְקִבְּל֣וּ | vekibel | and they accepted | H6901 → | 13 times |
| הַיְּהוּדִים֩׀ | haiyehudim | the Jews | H3064 → | 75 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֨ם׀ | ʾaleihem | on themselves | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וְעַל־ | veal- | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| זַרְעָ֜ם | zaram | offspring their | H2233 → | 229 times |
| וְעַ֨ל | veal | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַנִּלְוִ֤ים | hanilvim | who joined themselves | H3867 → | |
| עֲלֵיהֶם֙ | ʾaleihem | to them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וְלֹ֣א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יַעֲב֔וֹר | yaavor | it will pass away | H5674 → | 556 times |
| לִהְי֣וֹת | lihyot | to be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| עֹשִׂ֗ים | ʾosim | observing | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֵ֣ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׁנֵ֤י | shenei | [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| הַיָּמִים֙ | haiyamim | the days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הָאֵ֔לֶּה | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
| כִּכְתָבָ֖ם | kikhtavam | according to writing their | H3791 → | 17 times |
| וְכִזְמַנָּ֑ם | vekhizmanam | and according to appointed time their | H2165 → | |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | in every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| שָׁנָ֖ה | shanah | year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| וְשָׁנָֽה׃ | veshanah | and year | H8141 → | 877 times |
קִיְּמ֣וּthey imposed
kiyemuH6965 →628 times
וְקִבְּל֣וּand they accepted
vekibelH6901 →13 times
הַיְּהוּדִים֩׀the Jews
haiyehudimH3064 →75 times
עֲלֵיהֶ֨ם׀on themselves
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
וְעַל־and on
veal-H5921 →5755 times
זַרְעָ֜םoffspring their
zaramH2233 →229 times
וְעַ֨לand on
vealH5921 →5755 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַנִּלְוִ֤יםwho joined themselves
hanilvimH3867 →
עֲלֵיהֶם֙to them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
וְלֹ֣אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
יַעֲב֔וֹרit will pass away
yaavorH5674 →556 times
לִהְי֣וֹתto be
lihyotH1961 →3559 times
עֹשִׂ֗יםobserving
ʾosimH6213 →2628 times
אֵ֣ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
שְׁנֵ֤י[the] two
sheneiH8147 →768 times
הַיָּמִים֙the days
haiyamimH3117 →2304 times
הָאֵ֔לֶּה<the> these
haelehH428 →746 times
כִּכְתָבָ֖םaccording to writing their
kikhtavamH3791 →17 times
וְכִזְמַנָּ֑םand according to appointed time their
vekhizmanamH2165 →
בְּכָל־in every
bekholH3605 →5413 times
שָׁנָ֖הyear
shanahH8141 →877 times
וְשָׁנָֽה׃and year
veshanahH8141 →877 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Zechariah 2:11“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me…
it leads to
- Revelation 11:15
Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign…
- 1 Peter 2:9–10
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Acts 28:28
Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
- Zechariah 2:9–10
I will surely wave My hand over them, so that they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me.”
- Revelation 11:15
Through
Isaiah 56:6And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 50:5
They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
- Jeremiah 50:5
Through
Esther 8:17In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 11:25
No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.
- Esther 9:19
This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts…
- Deuteronomy 11:25
Through
Isaiah 56:3Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”
it leads to
- 1 Corinthians 6:17
But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.
- 1 Corinthians 6:17
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About Esther
This page draws on Alfred Edersheim, Bible History: Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Rabanus Maurus, Commentary on Esther and Rabanus Maurus, EXPLANATION ON THE BOOK OF ESTHER 13.