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Verse Esther 9:32. _THE DECREE OF ESTHER CONFIRMED THESE MATTERS_] It
was received by the Jews universally with all respect, and they bound
themselves to abide by it.
The _Vulgate_ gives a strange t...
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As “the book” elsewhere in Esther always means a particular book -
“the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia” -
Esther 2:23; Esther 6:1; Esther 10:2 it seems best to give it the sam...
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THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF ADAR AND THE FEAST OF PURIM
CHAPTER 9
_ 1. The resistance and victory of the Jews (Esther 9:1)_
2. Esther's petition (Esther 9:12)
3. The institution of Purim (Esther 9:17)...
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THE JEWS SUCCESSFUL AGAINST THEIR ENEMIES. Adar 13th, the dreadful
day, comes at last. What were the Jews to do? There were many
partisans of Haman, some 500 at least in the city alone; there were
tho...
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DECREE. command. Hebrew. _ma'amar._ Occurs only in Esther (Esther
1:15)....
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_in the book_ not meaning the Book of Esther, but most likely the book
from which the compiler drew this part of his materials....
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Further injunctions on the part of Esther and Mordecai
The Jews having readily agreed to the directions which Mordecai had
given in the first letter, and expressed their readiness (Esther 9:28)
to ac...
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AND MORDECAI WROTE THESE THINGS, &C.— See the introductory note to
this book. It is from the 20th verse that some have supposed Mordecai
to have been the author of it: but it is very evident, that the...
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C. Posted
TEXT: Esther 9:29-32
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Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew,
wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.
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And he sent letters unt...
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THE JEWS SLAY THEIR ENEMIES. INSTITUTION OF PURIM
3. All the rulers, etc.] The great massacre described in href='190
9:16'>Est 9:16 is thus represented as being in part the work of the
Persian author...
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IN THE BOOK] probably a book, not now extant, dealing with the PURIM
festival; but some authorities think that 'the book of the chronicles
of the kings of Media and Persia' (href='190 10:2'>Est 10:2)...
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GOD IS IN CONTROL
Book of Esther
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 9
V1 The 13th day of the 12th month (the month called Adar) was the day
to carry out the king’s law. This was the day when the enemies of
t...
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IN THE BOOK. — It is doubtful what “the book” here means. The
Vulgate explains it of the Book of Esther itself, and so many modern
scholars. Still “the book” hardly seems a natural Hebrew way of
refer...
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וּ מַאֲמַ֣ר אֶסְתֵּ֔ר קִיַּ֕ם
דִּבְרֵ֥י הַ פּ
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THE FEAST OF PURIM
Esther 9:20; Esther 10:1
The Feast of Purim-so called from Esther 3:7 -was held on the 14th and
15th of Adar, our February. The whole of this book was read on the
previous evening...
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DELIVERANCE BY THE SWORD
Esther 9:1
When the fateful day arrived, the Jews throughout the empire stood on
the defense. As it appears from Esther 9:16, seventy-five thousand of
their assailants fell i...
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In this final section of the Book we have an account, first, of the
arrival of the fateful day and all that happened thereon. It was a day
when the changed conditions in the case of Haman and Mordecai...
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REFLECTIONS
MY soul! while proclamations are made and religiously observed, for
the annual celebration of deliverances; do thou get away to the
mountain of holiness, in the gospel Church of Jesus, and...
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(20) В¶ And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all
the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both
nigh and far, (21) To stablish this among them, that they should...
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The Feast of Purim
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Last week we saw that even though the king had Haman killed on the
gallows he built for Mordecai, the damage he had done to the Jews was
still in motion!
1. Es...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 10.
The Book of Nehemiah has shewn us Judah reinstated in the land, but
deprived of the presence of God, except as to general blessing, and
unacknow...
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AND THE DECREE OF ESTHER CONFIRMED THESE MATTERS OF PURIM,.... As a
festival to be observed by the Jews in future generations:
AND IT WAS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK; either in this book of Esther; or in
the...
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And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was
written in the book.
Ver. 32. _And the decree of Esther confirmed, &c._] _Dux femina
facti._ Money was coined in the year 1588, i...
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_And the decree of Esther_ Who had received authority and commission
from the king to impose this upon all the Jews; _confirmed these
things_ She commanded the forementioned decree, which confirmed or...
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THE PURIM FESTIVAL INSTITUTED...
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And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was
written in the book, that which related the events connected with the
establishment of the festival. The Feast of Esther, or that...
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THE JEWS VICTORIOUS
(vv. 1-17)
On the day prescribed in both decrees, when the enemies of the Jews
expected to destroy all the Jews in the Persian empire, the tables
were turned completely, for besi...
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20-32 The observance of the Jewish feasts, is a public declaration of
the truth of the Old Testament Scriptures. And as the Old Testament
Scriptures are true, the Messiah expected by the Jews is come...
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ESTHER had received authority and commission from the king to impose
this upon all the Jews. IN THE BOOK; either in the public registers of
that kingdom; or rather, in the records which the Jews kept...
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Esther 9:32 decree H3982 Esther H635 confirmed H6965 (H8765) matters
H1697 Purim H6332 written H3789 (H8737) book...
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CONTENTS: Vengeance executed; the Jews victorious. Feast of Purim
instituted.
CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Mordecai.
CONCLUSION: When we have received signal mercies from God, we should
be quick t...
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Esther 9:1. _The enemies of the Jews._ The Chaldean paraphrase says
that no nation appeared in arms against the Jews but Amalek; and these
were infatuated to their own destruction. The troubles which...
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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 9:23 PURIM. The Hebrew plural of PUR (see note
on 3:7). Jews still keep the Feast of Purim today. THIS SECOND LETTER
sugges
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 9:29.] A second letter from queen Esther and Mordecai to
appoint fasting and lamentation on the days of Purim.
ESTHER 9:32.] The feast of Purim instituted by letters from Mor...
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EXPOSITION
RESULT OF THE SECOND EDICT' THE JEWS RESIST THEIR ENEMIES, AND EFFECT
A GREAT SLAUGHTER OF THEM, BUT DO NOT LAY HAN
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So, when this day came,
there in the city of Shushan, there were five hundred men that were
slain by the Jews (Esther 9:6).
Men who were seeking the evil of the Jews. And so they were able to
take th...
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2 Chronicles 34:27; Esther 1:15; Esther 2:20; Exodus 17:14...