1Now in the twelfth month, which is the…
2the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities…
3All the princes of the provinces, the local…
4For Mordecai was great in the king’s house,…
5The Jews struck all their enemies with the…
6In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed…
7They killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,
10the ten sons of Haman the son of…
11On that day, the number of those who…
12The king said to Esther the queen, “The…
13Then Esther said, “If it pleases the king,…
14The king commanded this to be done. A…
15The Jews who were in Susa gathered themselves…
16The other Jews who were in the king’s…
17This was done on the thirteenth day of…
18But the Jews who were in Susa assembled…
19Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live…
20Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to…
21to enjoin them that they should keep the…
22as the days in which the Jews had…
23The Jews accepted the custom that they had…
24because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite,…
25but when this became known to the king,…
26Therefore they called these days “Purim”, from the…
27the Jews established and imposed on themselves, on…
28and that these days should be remembered and…
29Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail,…
30He sent letters to all the Jews in…
31to confirm these days of Purim in their…
32The commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of…
