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Esther 9:30

Ahasuerus
Peace

28 These days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.

29 So Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.

And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,

31 in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.

32 So Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, which were written into the record.

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BSB
And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,
KJV
And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
WEB
He sent letters to all the Jews in the hundred twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus with words of peace and truth,
ASV
And he sent letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, [with] words of peace and truth,
DARBY
And he sent letters to all the Jews, to the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, words of peace and truth,
BLB
And he sent letters to all the Jews, to the seven and twenty and a hundred provinces [of] the kingdom of Ahasuerus, [with] words of peace and truth,
ÅB
Og han sendte skrivelser til alle jødene i de hundre og syv og tyve landskaper i Ahasverus' rike med vennlige og alvorlige ord,
OTB
Og Mordekai sendte brev til alle jødene i de 127 provinsene i riket til Xerxes, med ord om fred og sannhet,
B1930
Og han sendte skrivelser til alle jødene i de hundre og syv og tyve landskaper i Ahasverus' rike med vennlige og alvorlige ord,

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  • Esther 1:1

    This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.

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  • Zechariah 8:19

    “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”

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  • Isaiah 39:8

    But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”

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  • Esther 8:9

    At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan ), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush —writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.

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