Esther 9:19-21

Living Bible

¹⁹ And so it is that the Jews in the unwalled villages throughout Israel to this day have an annual celebration on the second day when they rejoice and send gifts to each other.

²⁰ Mordecai wrote a history of all these events and sent letters to the Jews near and far, throughout all the king’s provinces, ²¹ encouraging them to declare an annual holiday on the last two days of the month,