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Verse Esther 9:19. _THE JEWS OF THE VILLAGES_] They joined that to
the preceding day, and made it a day of festivity, and _of sending_
_portions to each other_; that is, the _rich_ sent portions of t...
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THE JEWS OF THE VILLAGES ... - Rather, “the Jews of the country
districts, that dwelt in the country towns,” as distinguished from
those who dwelt in the metropolis....
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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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Institution of memorial celebrations
12. _what then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces!_ It
is best to take this, not, with A.V., as an actual question, but as
meaning, It is superflu...
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_the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make
etc._ not -dwelt" and -made" as in the A.V. The writer is describing
the custom of his own day as arising out of the circumstances her...
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C. Peace
TEXT: Esther 9:16-19
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And the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered
themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from
their enemies, and slew of them that...
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_THEREFORE THE JEWS OF THE VILLAGES, THAT DWELT IN THE UNWALLED TOWNS,
MADE THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF THE MONTH ADAR A DAY OF GLADNESS AND
FEASTING, AND A GOOD DAY, AND OF SENDING PORTIONS ONE TO ANOTHER....
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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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THE JEWS OF THE VILLAGES... THE UNWALLED TOWNS. — Virtually the same
Hebrew word is used in both these cases (_perazim, perazoth_). The
meaning is that of country towns, undefended by bulwarks, or, at...
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עַל ־כֵּ֞ן הַ יְּהוּדִ֣ים
_הַ_†_פְּרָזִ֗ים_† הַ...
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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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Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns,
(k) made the fourteenth day of the month Adar [a day of] gladness and
feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to ano...
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_Meats, not only to the poor, but to all their friends, ver. 22., and
2 Esdras viii. 10. (Calmet)_...
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(17) On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth
day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and
gladness. (18) But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together o...
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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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THEREFORE THE JEWS OF THE VILLAGES, THAT DWELT IN THE UNWALLED TOWNS,
MADE THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF THE MONTH ADAR A DAY OF GLADNESS AND
FEASTING,.... Jarchi observes that those in the villages, who are...
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Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns,
made the fourteenth day of the month Adar [a day of] gladness and
feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another...
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_The Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns_ Hebrew,
_in the cities of the villages;_ that is, in the lesser cities and
villages, which are here opposed to the great city Shushan, and...
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Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelled in the unwalled
towns, outside the capital, MADE THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF THE MONTH ADAR
A DAY OF GLADNESS AND FEASTING, AND A GOOD DAY, a special holiday...
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THE ENEMIES SLAIN...
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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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1-19 The enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them by the
former edict. If they had attempted nothing against the people of God,
they would not themselves have suffered. The Jews, acting toge...
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THEREFORE, to wit, because they did their whole work upon the
thirteenth day, as was noted ESTHER 9:17, to which this manifestly
relates, the 18th verse coming in as it were by way of parenthesis. IN...
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Esther 9:19 Jews H3064 villages H6521 dwelt H3427 (H8802) unwalled
H6519 towns H5892 celebrated H6213 (H8802) fourteen
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MONTH ADAR
That is, March; (Esther 9:15); (Esther 9:17)....
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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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_On the thirteenth day of the month Adar._
A NATIONAL MEMORIAL
This national memorial--
I. Was established by supreme authority.
II. Was approved by a grateful people.
III. Was sanctioned by the...
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A GOOD DAY
A day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending
portions one to another,... and gifts to the poor. Esther 9:19; Esther
9:22.
What do you call a good day? I wonder. Do you e...
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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 9:16 Two different dates arose for celebrating
the deliverance of the Jews. In rural areas the fighting was completed
on the THIRTEENTH day of Adar, so they celebrated on the FOU...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 9:17. THEREFORE … THE FOURTEENTH DAY] Because the Jews
outside of Shushan did all their fighting on the thirteenth, and
rested on the fourteenth, as stated in Esther 9:17, THER...
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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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Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 16:14; Esther 8:17; Esther 9:22;...