Esther 9:27

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

the Jews bound themselves, their descendants, and all who joined  with them to a commitment that they would not fail to celebrate these two days each and every year according to the written instructions and according to the time appointed.

Cross References

Zechariah 2:11

‘Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and become my  people.  I will dwell among you, and you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you.

Isaiah 56:6

As for the foreigners who join themselves to the  Lord to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord, and to become his servants – all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it and who hold firmly to my covenant –

Isaiah 56:3

No foreigner who has joined himself to the  Lord should say, ‘The Lord will exclude me from his people,’ and the eunuch should not say, ‘Look, I am a dried-up tree.’

Esther 8:17

In every province and every city where the king’s command and edict reached, gladness and joy took place among the Jews. There was a celebration and a holiday.  , And many of the ethnic groups of the land professed themselves to be Jews because fear of the Jews  had overcome them.

Zechariah 8:23

The Lord of Armies says this: ‘In those days, ten men from nations of every language will grab the robe of a Jewish man tightly, urging: Let us go with you,  for we have heard that God is with you.’

Esther 9:21

He ordered  them to celebrate the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar every year

1 Samuel 30:25

And it has been so from that day forward. David established this policy  as a law and an ordinance for Israel and it still continues today.

Joshua 9:15

So Joshua established peace with them and made a treaty to let them live, and the leaders of the community swore an oath to them.

Deuteronomy 5:3

He did not make this covenant with our ancestors,  but with all of us who are alive here today.

Esther 9:20

Mordecai  recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all of King Ahasuerus’s provinces, both near and far.

Esther 9:28

These days are remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim will not lose their significance in Jewish life  and their memory will not fade from their descendants.

Numbers 15:15

The assembly is to have the same statute for both you and the resident foreigner as a permanent statute throughout your generations.  You and the foreigner will be alike before the Lord.

Judges 11:40

that four days each year the young women of Israel would commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.

Isaiah 2:3

and many peoples will come and say, ‘Come, let’s go up to the mountain of the  Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us about his ways so that we may walk in his paths.’ For instruction will go out of Zion and the word of the  Lord from Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 16:61

Then you will remember your ways  and be ashamed when you  receive your elder and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant.