the first month.

Nehemiah 2:1
Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,

in the twelfth.

Esther 1:3
In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.

Esther 2:16
She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

they cast Pur.

Esther 9:24-26
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. . . .

Proverbs 16:33
The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.

Ezekiel 21:21, 22
For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver. . . .

Matthew 27:35
When they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments by casting lots.

Adar.

Esther 9:1, 5, 17-19, 21
On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king's command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but the tables were turned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them. . . .

Ezra 6:15
And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.