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Esther 9:21

19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

20 And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,

To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

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.

23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto 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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