1On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month,…
2In each of the provinces of King Xerxes,…
3And all the officials of the provinces, the…
4For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace,…
5The Jews put all their enemies to the…
6In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed…
7including Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha.
10They killed these ten sons of Haman son…
11On that day the number of those killed…
12who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel…
13Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may…
14So the king commanded that this be done.…
15On the fourteenth day of the month of…
16The rest of the Jews in the royal…
17This was done on the thirteenth day of…
18The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on…
19This is why the rural Jews, who live…
20Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to…
21to establish among them an annual celebration on…
22as the days on which the Jews gained…
23So the Jews agreed to continue the custom…
24For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the…
25But when it came before the king, he…
26Therefore these days are called Purim, from the…
27the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom…
28These days should be remembered and celebrated by…
29So Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with…
30And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace…
31in order to confirm these days of Purim…
32So Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim,…
