26 Therefore they called these days Purim after the name of [a]Pur. [b]And (A)because of the instructions in this letter, both what they had seen in this regard and what had happened to them, 27 the Jews established and [c]made a custom for themselves, their [d]descendants, and for (B)all those who allied themselves with them, so that [e]they would not fail (C)to celebrate these two days according to their [f]regulation and according to their appointed time annually. 28 So these days were to be remembered and celebrated throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and these days of Purim were not to [g]be neglected by the Jews, or their memory [h]fade from their [i]descendants.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 9:26 Akkadian for lot
  2. Esther 9:26 Lit Therefore because of all the words
  3. Esther 9:27 Lit received
  4. Esther 9:27 Lit seed
  5. Esther 9:27 Lit it would not pass away
  6. Esther 9:27 Lit writing
  7. Esther 9:28 Lit pass from the midst of
  8. Esther 9:28 Lit end
  9. Esther 9:28 Lit seed

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