Esther 9:32

And, the command of Esther, confirmed the story of these Purim,—and it was written in a book.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

In Context

31to establish these days of the Purim, in their set times, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined upon them, and according as they had enjoined upon their own soul, and upon their seed,—the story of the fastings and of their outcry.

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Cross References

Esther 9:26For this cause, called they these days Purim, after the name Pur, for this cause,—for all the words of this epistle,—and what they had seen concerning such a matter, and what had reached unto them.

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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