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Ester 9:26

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Month;   Purim;   Thompson Chain Reference - Feast;   Feasts;   Hebrew;   Purim, Feast of;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Feast of Purim, or Lots, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Purim;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Feasts;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Day;   Feasts and Festivals of Israel;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Festivals, Religious;   Pur, Purim;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Apocrypha;   Esther;   Festivals;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ardat;   Asibias;   Banneas;   Eleazar;   Hiermas;   Ieddias;   Izziah;   Maelus;   Melchias;   Parosh;   Phoros;   Purim;   Ramiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Lots;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Feasts;   Pur, Purim;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Lots;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Mordecai;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Pur;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Purim;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka sebab itu hari itupun dinamai Purim, menurut nama Pur itu. Maka oleh karena perkara ini, dan barang yang lagi tersebut dalam surat itu, dan oleh karena segala yang telah dilihatnya dari pada perkara itu, dan barang yang telah sampai kepada telinganya,

Contextual Overview

20 And Mardocheus wrote these wordes, and sent letters vnto all the Iewes that were in all the prouinces of king Ahasuerus, both nie and farre: 21 That they should make a lawe among the selues, & holde the fourteenth & fifteenth day of the moneth Adar, yerely. 22 As the dayes wherein the Iewes came to rest from their enemies, and as a moneth wherein their paine was turned to ioy, and their sorowe into a ioyful day: and that in those dayes they should make feastes and gladnesse, and one to send giftes vnto another, and to distribute vnto the poore. 23 And the Iewes promised to do as they had begunne, and as Mardocheus had written vnto them: 24 Because Haman the sonne of Hamadatha the Agagite all the Iewes enemie, had deuised against the Iewes how he might destroy them, and caused to cast Phur (that is a lot) for to consume them, & to bring them to naught. 25 But when Esther came before the king, he commaunded by letters that his wicked deuice which he imagined against the Iewes, should be turned vpon his owne head, and that he and his sonnes should be hanged on the tree. 26 For the which cause they called these dayes Phurim, because of the name of the lot, and because of all the wordes of this writing, and what they themselues had seene, & what had come vnto them: 27 And the Iewes ordayned, and toke it vpon them and their seede, and vpon all such as ioyned them selues vnto them, that they would not misse but obserue these two dayes yerely, according as they were written and appoynted in their season, 28 And that these dayes are to be remembred and to be kept of childers children among al kinredes in all landes and cities: In these dayes of Phurim which are not to be ouerslipt among ye Iewes, and the memoriall of them ought not to perishe from their seede. 29 And queene Esther the daughter of Abihail & Mardocheus the Iewe, wrote with all aucthoritie to confirme this second writing of Phurim.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they called: Numbers 16:40, Ezekiel 39:11

Pur: that is, Lot

letter: Esther 9:20

Cross-References

Genesis 9:1
And god blessed Noah, and his sonnes, & saide vnto them, be fruitfull and multiplie, and replenishe the earth.
Genesis 9:3
Euery thyng that moueth it selfe, and that liueth, shall be meate for you, euen as the greene hearbe haue I geue you all thinges.
Genesis 9:10
And with euery liuing creature that is with you, in foule, in cattell, in euery beast of the earth whiche is with you, of all that go out of the arke, whatsoeuer liuing thyng of the earth it be.
Genesis 9:23
And Sem and Iapheth takyng a garment, layde it vpon their shoulders, and commyng backwarde, couered the nakednesse of their father, namely their faces beyng turned away, lest they should see their fathers nakednesse.
Genesis 9:26
He sayde moreouer: blessed be the Lord God of Sem, and Chanaan shalbe his seruaunt.
Genesis 27:37
Isahac aunswered, and sayde vnto Esau: Beholde, I haue made hym thy Lorde, & all his brethren haue I made his seruauntes: Moreouer, with corne and wine haue I stablished him, what shall I do vnto thee nowe my sonne?
Genesis 27:40
And through thy sworde shalt thou liue, and shalt be thy brothers seruaunt: and it shal come to passe, that thou shalt get the maisterie, & thou shalt loose his yoke from of thy necke.
Deuteronomy 33:26
There is none lyke vnto the God of Israel, which though he syt vpon the heauen [as vpon an horse] yet is he thine helper, whose glorie is in the celestiall places.
Psalms 144:15
Happy are the people that be in such a case: blessed is the people who haue God for their Lorde.
Romans 9:5
Of whom are the fathers, of whom as concernyng the fleshe, Christe [came,] which is God, in all thynges to be praysed for euer. Amen.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur,.... The lot; because of the lots cast by Haman; see Esther 3:7,

therefore for all the words of this letter; in obedience to what Mordecai wrote in his letter to the Jews, and because of the things contained in it:

and of that which they had seen concerning this matter; with their own eyes, in the several provinces where their enemies rose up to assault them, but were destroyed by them:

and what had come unto them: by report; as the fall of Haman, and advancement of Mordecai, and the favours shown to Esther and her people; all this belongs to the following verse, containing the reasons of the Jews' appointment and engagement to observe the days of Purim.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Esther 9:26. They called these days Purim — That is from [Persian] pari, the lot; because, as we have seen, Haman cast lots to find what month, and what day of the month, would be the most favourable for the accomplishment of his bloody designs against the Jews. See on Esther 3:7.

And of that which they had seen — The first letter to which this second refers, must be that sent by Mordecai himself. See Esther 9:20.


 
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