purim <EST9 -26> Wherefore they called these days {Purim} after

the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and

[of that] which they had seen concerning this matter, and which

had come unto them,

purim <EST9 -28> And [that] these days [should be] remembered

and kept throughout every generation, every family, every

province, and every city; and [that] these days of {Purim}

should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them

perish from th

eir seed.

purim <EST9 -29> Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail,

and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this

second letter of {Purim}.

purim <EST9 -31> To confirm these days of {Purim} in their times

[appointed], according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen

had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and

for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.

purim <EST9 -32> And the decree of Esther confirmed these

matters of {Purim}; and it was written in the book.

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