Parallel Verses New International Version to have them celebrate annually the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar King James Bible To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly, Darby Bible Translation to establish [this] among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly, World English Bible to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar yearly, Young's Literal Translation 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, Esther 9:21 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleMordecai wrote these things - It has been supposed that thus far that part of the book of Esther, which was written by Mordecai extends: what follows to the end, was probably added either by Ezra, or the men of the Great Synagogue; though what is said here may refer only to the letters sent by Mordecai to the Jews of the provinces. From this to the end of the chapter is nothing else than a recapitulation of the chief heads of the preceding history, and an account of the appointment of an annual feast, called the feast of Purim, in commemoration of their providential deliverance from the malice of Haman. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Mordecai. That is, as the words imply, the history contained in this book; and not merely the letters afterwards mentioned, as some understand it. wrote these. Psalm 124:1-3 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say... in all the provinces. Esther 3:12 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month... Library Of the Practice of Piety in Holy Feasting. Holy feasting is a solemn thanksgiving, appointed by authority, to be rendered to God on some special day, for some extraordinary blessings or deliverances received. Such among the Jews was the feast of the Passover (Exod. xii. 15), to remember to praise God for their deliverance out of Egypt's bondage; or the feast of Purim (Esth. ix. 19, 21), to give thanks for their deliverance from Haman's conspiracy. Such amongst us is the fifth of November, to praise God for the deliverance of the king and … Lewis Bayly—The Practice of Piety Place of Jesus in the History of the World. Cross References Esther 9:17 This happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth they rested and made it a day of feasting and joy. Esther 9:18 The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and fourteenth, and then on the fifteenth they rested and made it a day of feasting and joy. Esther 9:20 Mordecai recorded these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews throughout the provinces of King Xerxes, near and far, Esther 9:22 as the time when the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month when their sorrow was turned into joy and their mourning into a day of celebration. He wrote them to observe the days as days of feasting and joy and giving presents of food to one another and gifts to the poor. Esther 9:27 the Jews took it on themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should without fail observe these two days every year, in the way prescribed and at the time appointed. Esther 9:29 So Queen Esther, daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim. Jump to Previous Adar Annually Celebrate Enjoin Establish Fifteenth Fourteenth Keeping Month Obliging Ordering Stablish YearlyJump to Next Adar Annually Celebrate Enjoin Establish Fifteenth Fourteenth Keeping Month Obliging Ordering Stablish YearlyLinks Esther 9:21 NIVEsther 9:21 NLT Esther 9:21 ESV Esther 9:21 NASB Esther 9:21 KJV Esther 9:21 Bible Apps Esther 9:21 Biblia Paralela Esther 9:21 Chinese Bible Esther 9:21 French Bible Esther 9:21 German Bible Esther 9:21 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |
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