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Esther 9:26 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Therefore these days were called Purim, because of the lots (for in their language they are called Purim) because of the words of this letter, and because of all they suffered on this account, and all that happened to them. "
Esther 9:26
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24 showing how Haman the son of Hammedatha the Macedonian fought against them, how he made a decree and cast lots to destroy them utterly;
25 also how he went in to the king, telling him to hang Mordecai; but all the calamities he tried to bring upon the Jews came upon himself, and he was hanged, along with his children.
26 Therefore these days were called Purim, because of the lots (for in their language they are called Purim) because of the words of this letter, and because of all they suffered on this account, and all that happened to them.
27 Mordecai established it, and the Jews took upon themselves, upon their offspring, and upon those who were joined to them to observe it, neither would they on any account behave differently; but these days were to be a memorial kept in every generation, city, family, and province.
28 These days of Purim shall be kept forever, and their memorial shall not fail in any generation.
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Esther 9:1
"Now in the twelfth month, on the thirteenth day of the month, which is Adar, the letters written by the king arrived."
Esther 9:2
"In that day, the adversaries of the Jews perished; for no one resisted, through fear of them."
Esther 9:3
"For the chiefs of the local governors, and the princes and the royal scribes, honored the Jews; for the fear of Mordecai was upon them."
Esther 9:4
"For the order of the king was in force, that he should be celebrated in all the kingdom."
Esther 9:5
"The Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they wanted to those who hated them."
Esther 9:6
"In the city Susa the Jews killed five hundred men,"
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