Esther 9:19-21

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁹ This explains why the rural Jews who live in villages observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a time of rejoicing and feasting. It is a holiday when they send gifts to one another.^(A)

²⁰ Mordecai^(B) recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all of King Ahasuerus’s provinces, both near and far. ²¹ He ordered^(C) them to celebrate the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar every year