Esther 9:23 - Tree of Life Version

²³ So the Jews agreed to continue the commemoration they had begun, and do what Mordecai had written to them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ So the Jews undertook to do as they had begun and as Mordecai had written to them–

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

Common English Bible

²³ The Jews agreed to continue what they had already begun to do—just what Mordecai had written to them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ Esther answered him, "My petition and prayer is this:

Esther 9:23 Tagairtí Cros

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 9:24

For Haman, son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had schemed against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the pur—that is, the lot—to ruin and destroy them.