Esther 9:21

Tree of Life Version

urging them to celebrate the fourteenth and fifteenth days of Adar every year

Cross References

Ezra 6:15

The Temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

Esther 3:7

In the first month (that is the month of Nisan), in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast the pur (that is, ‘the lot’) in the presence of Haman from day to day and month to month, up to the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.

Esther 9:17

This happened on the thirteenth day of Adar and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and gladness.

Esther 9:18

But the Jews that were in Shushan had assembled on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth and on the fifteenth they rested, making it a day of feasting and gladness.

Esther 9:20

Mordecai recorded these events and he sent letters to all the Jews throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,

Esther 9:22

as the days when the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month when their sorrow was turned into joy and their mourning into celebration. These were to be days of feasting, celebration and sending presents of food to one another and giving gifts to the poor.

Esther 9:27

the Jews established and took upon themselves, upon their descendants, and upon all who joined with them, that they would commemorate these two days in the way prescribed and at the appointed time every year.

Esther 9:29

Then Queen Esther the daughter of Abihail, and also Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.