06332 EST 009 026 Wherefore they called <07121 +qara> > these

<00428 +>el - leh > days <03117 +yowm > Purim <06332 +Puwr >

after <05921 +<al > the name <08034 +shem > of Pur <{06332}

+Puwr > . Therefore for all <03605 +kol > the words <01697

+dabar > of this letter <00107 +>iggereth > , and [ of that ]

which <04100 +mah > they had seen <07200 +ra>ah > concerning

<05921 +<al > this <03602 +kakah > matter <03602 +kakah > , and

which <04100 +mah > had come <05060 +naga< > unto them ,

06332 EST 009 026 Wherefore they called <07121 +qara> > these

<00428 +>el - leh > days <03117 +yowm > Purim <{06332} +Puwr >

after <05921 +<al > the name <08034 +shem > of Pur <06332 +Puwr

> . Therefore for all <03605 +kol > the words <01697 +dabar > of

this letter <00107 +>iggereth > , and [ of that ] which <04100

+mah > they had seen <07200 +ra>ah > concerning <05921 +<al >

this <03602 +kakah > matter <03602 +kakah > , and which <04100

+mah > had come <05060 +naga< > unto them ,

06332 EST 009 029 Then Esther <00635 +>Ecter > the queen <04436

+malkah > , the daughter <01323 +bath > of Abihail <32> , and

Mordecai <04782 +Mord@kay > the Jew <03064 +Y@huwdiy > , wrote

<03789 +kathab > with all <03605 +kol > authority <08633 +toqeph

> , to confirm <06965 +quwm > this <02063 +zo>th > second <08145

+sheniy > letter <00107 +>iggereth > of Purim <{06332} +Puwr > .

06332 EST 009 031 To confirm <06965 +quwm > these <00428 +>el -

leh > days <03117 +yowm > of Purim <{06332} +Puwr > in their

times <02165 +z@man > [ appointed ] , according as Mordecai

<04782 +Mord@kay > the Jew <03064 +Y@huwdiy > and Esther <00635

+>Ecter > the queen <04436 +malkah > had enjoined <06965 +quwm >

them , and as they had decreed <06965 +quwm > for themselves

<05315 +nephesh > and for their seed <02233 +zera< > , the

matters <01697 +dabar > of the fastings <06685 +tsowm > and

their cry <02201 +za<aq > .

06332 EST 009 032 And the decree <03982 +ma>amar > of Esther

<00635 +>Ecter > confirmed <06965 +quwm > these <00428 +>el -

leh > matters <01697 +dabar > of Purim <{06332} +Puwr > ; and it

was written <03789 +kathab > in the book <05612 +cepher > .

06332 EST 003 007 . In the first <07223 +ri>shown > month <02320

+chodesh > , that [ is ] , the month<02320 +chodesh > Nisan

<05212 +Niycan > , in the twelfth year <08141 +shaneh > of king

<04428 +melek > Ahasuerus <00325 +>Achashverowsh > , they cast

<05307 +naphal > Pur <{06332} +Puwr > , that [ is ] , the lot

<01486 +gowral > , before <06440 +paniym > Haman <02001 +Haman >

from day <03117 +yowm > to day <03117 +yowm > , and from month

to month <02320 +chodesh > , [ to ] the twelfth [ month <02320

+chodesh > ] , that [ is ] , the month <02320 +chodesh > Adar

<00143 +>Adar > .

06332 EST 009 024 Because <03588 +kiy > Haman <02001 +Haman >

the son <01121 +ben > of Hammedatha <04099 +M@datha > , the

Agagite <91> , the enemy <06887 +tsarar > of all <03605 +kol >

the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > , had devised <02803 +chashab >

against <05921 +<al > the Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > to destroy <6>

them , and had cast <05307 +naphal > Pur <{06332} +Puwr > , that

[ is ] , the lot <01486 +gowral > , to consume <02000 +hamam >

them , and to destroy <6> them ;

06332 EST 009 028 And [ that ] these <00428 +>el - leh > days

<03117 +yowm > [ should be ] remembered <02142 +zakar > and kept

<06213 +<asah > throughout every generation <01755 +dowr > ,

every family <04940 +mishpachah > , every province <04082

+m@diynah > , and every city <05892 +<iyr > ; and [ that ] these

<00428 +>el - leh > days <03117 +yowm > of Purim <{06332} +Puwr

> should not fail <05674 +<abar > from among <08432 +tavek > the

Jews <03064 +Y@huwdiy > , nor <03808 +lo> > the memorial <02143

+zeker > of them perish <05486 +cuwph > from their seed <02233

+zera< > .

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