Esther 9:23
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And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them;

the days.

Esther 3:12, 13 Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month...

Exodus 13:3-8 And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage...

Psalm 103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:

Isaiah 12:1, 2 And in that day you shall say, O LORD, I will praise you: though you were angry with me, your anger is turned away...

Isaiah 14:3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear...

from sorrow.

Psalm 30:11 You have turned for me my mourning into dancing: you have put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

Matthew 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

John 16:20-22 Truly, truly, I say to you, That you shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and you shall be sorrowful...

sending portions.

Esther 9:19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelled in the unwalled towns...

Nehemiah 8:10-12 Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared...

Luke 11:41 But rather give alms of such things as you have; and, behold, all things are clean to you.

Acts 2:44-46 And all that believed were together, and had all things common...

Galatians 2:10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
So the Jews agreed to continue the practice they had begun, as Mordecai had written them to do.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
Thus the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

International Standard Version (©2012)
So the Jewish people made a tradition out of what they had begun to do and of what Mordecai had written to them,

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

American King James Version
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them;

American Standard Version
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Jews undertook to observe with solemnity all they had begun to do at that time, which Mardochai by letters had commanded to be done.

Darby Bible Translation
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them.

English Revised Version
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

Webster's Bible Translation
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them;

World English Bible
The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them;

Young's Literal Translation
And the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai hath written unto them,

Esther 9:22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.


Esther 9:24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

So the Jews agreed to continue the practice they had begun, as Mordecai had written them to do. —HCSB

Thus the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them. —NASB

And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them; —KJV


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Esther Chapter 9 Verse 23

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