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Esther 9:21

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 to one another.

20 Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,

to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar

22 as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.

23 So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.

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BSB
to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
KJV
To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
WEB
to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar yearly,
ASV
to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
DARBY
to establish [this] among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
BLB
to establish for them to be keeping the four [and] tenth day [of] the month of Adar, and the five [and] tenth day of it, in every year and year,
ÅB
og fastsatte det som en lov for dem at de år etter år skulle høytideligholde den fjortende dag og den femtende dag i måneden adar,
OTB
for å etablere blant dem en årlig feiring på den fjortende og femtende dagen i måneden Adar
B1930
og fastsatte det som en lov for dem at de år efter år skulde høitideligholde den fjortende dag og den femtende dag i måneden adar,

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