Esther 9:28

And these days of the Phrurae, said they, shall be kept for ever, and their memorial shall not fail in any generation.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.

In Context

27And Mardochaeus established it, and the Jews took upon themselves, and upon their seed, and upon those that were joined to them to observe it, neither would they on any account behave differently: but these days were to be a memorial kept in every generation, and city, and family, and province.

29-30 And queen Esther, the daughter of Aminadab, and Mardochaeus the Jew, wrote all that they had done, and the confirmation of the letter of Phrurae.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:17And you⌃ shall keep this commandment, for on this day will I bring out your force out of the land of Egypt; and you⌃ shall make this day a perpetual ordinance for you throughout your generations.

Joshua 4:7then you may explain to your son, saying, The river Jordan was + 4:7 Gr. failed. dried up from before the ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth, when it passed it: and these stones shall be for a memorial for you for the children of Israel for ever.

Psalms 103:2who do robe yourself with light as with a garment; spreading out the heaven as a curtain. 1

Zechariah 6:14And the crown shall be to them that wait patiently, and to the useful men + 6:14 Gr. of it. of the captivity, and to them that have known it, and for the favor of the son of Sophonias, and for a psalm in the house of the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Esther 9:21-32

The Feast of Purim. ( b. c. 509.) 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, 21 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… Read the whole commentary →

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