Esther 9:23
So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.
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Esther 9:22
as the days on which the Jews had rid themselves of their enemies and the month in which their sorrow had turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.

Esther 9:24
For Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.

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the days.

Esther 3:12, 13
On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring. . . .

Exodus 13:3-8
So Moses told the people, "Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten. . . .

Psalm 103:2
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds--

Isaiah 12:1, 2
In that day you will say: "O LORD, I will praise you. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me. . . .

Isaiah 14:3
On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,

from sorrow.

Psalm 30:11
You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

Matthew 5:4
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

John 16:20-22
Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. . . .

sending portions.

Esther 9:19
This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.

Nehemiah 8:10-12
Then Nehemiah told them, "Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength." . . .

Luke 11:41
But give as alms the things that are within you, and you will see that everything is clean for you.

Acts 2:44-46
All the believers were together and had everything in common. . . .

Galatians 2:10
They only asked us to be mindful of the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

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