Esther 9:27

Translations

Modern

…the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.

Traditional

The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;

Literal

…the Jews established and received it upon themselves and upon their seed and upon all those joining upon them, and it shall not pass away to be keeping these two days, according to their writing and according to their appointed time in every year and year,

Latin

…quæque sustinuerunt, et quæ deinceps immutata sunt, susceperunt Judæi super se et semen suum, et super cunctos qui religioni eorum voluerunt copulari, ut nulli liceat duos hos dies absque solemnitate transigere, quos scriptura testatur, et certa expetunt tempora, annis sibi jugiter succedentibus.

Original

Hebrew

English

…the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.

Notes

Esther 9:26–28

This paragraph explains why Purim is an accepted Jewish festival, even though Moses did not authorize it with other festival days.

Theme notes and profiles

Esther Purim

Related verses

Isaiah 56:6
And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—
Zechariah 2:11
“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you.
Esther 8:17
In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.
Isaiah 56:3
Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”
Zechariah 8:23
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”
Deuteronomy 5:3
He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.
Deuteronomy 29:14–15
I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you,
1 Samuel 30:25
And so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute and ordinance for Israel to this very day.
2 Samuel 21:1–2
During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
Esther 9:21
…to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
Joshua 9:15
And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

People

Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Glossary

Ancient Letter Writing Book of Esther Calendars (Ancient and Modern) Esther, Additions to Feasts and Festivals of Israel Purim

Topics

Lots, Feast of Purim: The: The Jews Bound Themselves to Keep Purim: A Feast Instituted to Commemorate the Deliverance of the Jews from the Plot of Haman Years: Divided Into: Days

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