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Esther 9:20-23
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

20 Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews, both near and far, in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. 21 [a]He ordered them to celebrate every year both the fourteenth and the fifteenth of the month of Adar 22 as the days on which the Jews obtained rest from their enemies and as the month which was turned for them from sorrow into joy, from mourning into celebration. They were to observe these days with joyful banqueting, sending food to one another and gifts to the poor. 23 [b]The Jews adopted as a custom what they had begun doing and what Mordecai had written to them.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 9:21 Mordecai creates a compromise among the Jews by making Purim a two-day festival.
  2. 9:23 According to the story, the two-day celebration has its roots in popular observance, which Mordecai’s leadership reinforces and regularizes.
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