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1
Now in the twelfth
month
(that is, the
month
Adar),
on the thirteenth
day
when
the king's
command
and edict
were about to be executed,
on the
day
when
the enemies
of the Jews
hoped
to gain
the mastery over
them, it was turned
to the contrary so that the Jews
themselves
gained
the mastery over
those who hated
them.
2
The Jews
assembled
in their cities
throughout all
the provinces
of King
Ahasuerus
to lay
hands
on those who sought
their harm;
and no
one
could stand
before
them, for the dread
of them had fallen
on all
the peoples.
3
Even all
the princes
of the provinces,
the satraps,
the governors
and those who were doing
the king's
business
assisted
the Jews,
because
the dread
of Mordecai
had fallen
on them.
4
Indeed,
Mordecai
was great
in the king's
house,
and his fame
spread
throughout all
the provinces;
for the man
Mordecai
became greater
and greater.
5
Thus the Jews
struck
all
their enemies
with the sword,
killing
and destroying;
and they did
what they pleased
to those who hated
them.
6
At the citadel
in Susa
the Jews
killed
and destroyed
five
hundred
men,
7
and Parshandatha,
Dalphon,
Aspatha,
8
Poratha,
Adalia,
Aridatha,
9
Parmashta,
Arisai,
Aridai
and Vaizatha,
10
the ten
sons
of Haman
the son
of Hammedatha,
the Jews'
enemy;
but they did not lay
their hands
on the plunder.
11
On that day
the number
of those who were killed
at the citadel
in Susa
was reported
to the king.
12
The king
said
to Queen
Esther,
"The Jews
have killed
and destroyed
five
hundred
men
and the ten
sons
of Haman
at the citadel
in Susa.
What
then have they done
in the rest
of the king's
provinces!
Now what
is your petition?
It shall even be granted
you. And what
is your further
request?
It shall also be done."
13
Then said
Esther,
"If
it pleases
the king,
let tomorrow
also
be granted
to the Jews
who
are in Susa
to do
according to the edict
of today;
and let Haman's
ten
sons
be hanged
on the gallows."
14
So the king
commanded
that it should be done
so;
and an edict
was issued
in Susa,
and Haman's
ten
sons
were hanged.
15
The Jews
who
were in Susa
assembled
also
on the fourteenth
day
of the month
Adar
and killed
three
hundred
men
in Susa,
but they did not lay
their hands
on the plunder.
16
Now the rest
of the Jews
who
were in the king's
provinces
assembled,
to defend
their lives
and rid themselves
of their enemies,
and kill
75,000
of those
who
hated
them; but they did not lay
their hands
on the plunder.
17
This was done on the thirteenth
day
of the month
Adar,
and on the fourteenth
day
they rested
and made
it a
day
of feasting
and rejoicing.
18
But the Jews
who
were in Susa
assembled
on the thirteenth
and the fourteenth
of the same month, and they rested
on the fifteenth
day and made
it a day
of feasting
and rejoicing.
19
Therefore
the Jews
of the rural areas,
who live
in the rural
towns,
make
the fourteenth
day
of the month
Adar
a holiday
for rejoicing
and feasting
and sending
portions
of food to one
another.
20
Then Mordecai
recorded
these
events,
and he sent
letters
to all
the Jews
who
were in all
the provinces
of King
Ahasuerus,
both near
and far,
21
obliging
them to celebrate
the fourteenth
day
of the month
Adar,
and the fifteenth
day
of the same month, annually,
22
because on those days
the Jews
rid themselves
of their enemies,
and it was a month
which
was turned
for them from sorrow
into gladness
and from mourning
into a holiday;
that they should make
them days
of feasting
and rejoicing
and sending
portions
of food to one
another
and gifts
to the poor.
23
Thus the Jews
undertook
what
they had started
to do,
and
what
Mordecai
had written
to them.
24
For Haman
the son
of Hammedatha,
the Agagite,
the adversary
of all
the Jews
,
had schemed
against
the Jews
to destroy
them and had cast
Pur,
that is the lot,
to disturb
them and destroy
them.
25
But when it came
to the king's
attention,
he commanded
by letter
that his wicked
scheme
which
he had devised
against
the Jews,
should return
on his own head
and that he and his sons
should be hanged
on the gallows.
26
Therefore
they called
these
days
Purim
after
the name
of Pur.
And because
of the instructions
in this
letter,
both what
they had seen
in this
regard
and what
had happened
to them,
27
the Jews
established
and made a custom
for themselves and for their descendants
and for all
those who allied
themselves with them, so that they would not fail
to celebrate
these
two
days
according to their regulation
and according to their appointed
time
annually.
28
So these
days
were to be remembered
and celebrated
throughout
every
generation,
every
family,
every
province
and
every
city;
and these
days
of Purim
were not to fail
from among
the Jews,
or their memory
fade
from their descendants.
29
Then Queen
Esther,
daughter
of Abihail,
with Mordecai
the Jew,
wrote
with full
authority
to confirm
this
second
letter
about Purim.
30
He sent
letters
to all
the Jews,
to the 127
provinces
of the kingdom
of Ahasuerus,
namely, words
of peace
and truth,
31
to establish
these
days
of Purim
at their appointed
times,
just
as Mordecai
the Jew
and Queen
Esther
had established
for them, and
just
as they
had established
for themselves
and for their descendants
with instructions
for their times of fasting
and their lamentations.
32
The command
of Esther
established
these
customs
for Purim,
and it was written
in the book.
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