Esther (Greek) 18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021(NRSVUE)

Esther (Greek) 9Victory of the Jews

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6Now in the city of Susa the Jews killed five hundred men,

7including Pharsannestain, Delphon, Phasga,

8Pharadatha, Barea, Sarbacha,

9Marmasima, Aruphaeus, Arsaeus, Zabutheus,

10 and gladness and for sending presents of food to their friends and to the poor.

23So the Jews accepted what Mordecai had written to them:

24 to destroy them,

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27 These days of Purim should be a memorial and kept from generation to generation, in every city, family, and country.

28These days of Purim shall be observed for all time, and the commemoration of them shall never cease among their descendants.

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31And Mordecai and Queen Esther established this decision on their own responsibility, pledging their own well-being to the plan.

32Esther established it by a decree forever, and it was written for a memorial.