Translations
Modern
…in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.
Traditional
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.
Literal
…to establish these days of Purim in their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen established upon them, and as they established upon their souls and upon their seed, the matters of the fasts and their outcry.
Latin
…observantes dies sortium, et suo tempore cum gaudio celebrarent: sicut constituerant Mardochæus et Esther, et illi observanda susceperunt a se, et a semine suo, jejunia, et clamores, et sortium dies,
Original
Hebrew
English
…in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.
Notes
The letter that Queen Esther wrote officially supported Mordecai's proposal (Esther 9:20–23).
People
Esther: Jewish queen of Persia; saved her people from genocide Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province Mordecai: Esther's cousin, a Jewish leader in the Persian court Purim: Jewish festival commemorating the events in the book of Esther
Glossary
Ancient Letter Writing Book of Esther Calendars (Ancient and Modern) Esther, Additions to Purim
Topics
Lots, Feast of Purim: The: Confirmed by Royal Authority Purim: A Feast Instituted to Commemorate the Deliverance of the Jews from the Plot of Haman