"As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor."
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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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Mordecai's injunctions for the keeping of Purim
20. _And Mordecai wrote these things_ Mordecai's position as a Jew,
who had attained to the office of grand vizier, seems to have been
regarded as givi...
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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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XI. Purim Instituted, Esther 9:20-32
A. Practiced
TEXT: Esther 9:20-22
20
And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews
that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus,...
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_AS THE DAYS WHEREIN THE JEWS RESTED FROM THEIR ENEMIES, AND THE MONTH
WHICH WAS TURNED UNTO THEM FROM SORROW TO JOY, AND FROM MOURNING INTO
A GOOD DAY: THAT THEY SHOULD MAKE THEM DAYS OF FEASTING AND...
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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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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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כַּ † יָּמִ֗ים אֲשֶׁר ־נָ֨חוּ בָהֶ֤ם
הַ יְּהוּדִים֙ מֵ אֹ֣ויְבֵיהֶ֔ם וְ הַ
חֹ֗דֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר֩...
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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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As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month
which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into
a good day: that they should make them days of feasting 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
unackno...
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AS THE DAYS WHEREIN THE JEWS RESTED FROM THEIR ENEMIES,.... Having
slain all those that rose up against them, and assaulted them:
AND THE MONTH WHICH WAS TURNED UNTO THEM FROM SORROW TO JOY, AND FROM...
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As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month
which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into
a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and...
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_As the days wherein the Jews rested_ They did not keep the days on
which they fought, but those on which they rested. On the fourteenth
day the country Jews rested, and on the fifteenth those in Shus...
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THE PURIM FESTIVAL INSTITUTED...
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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 bes...
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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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Which they used to give upon days of thanksgiving; of which see
NEHEMIAH 8:10....
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Esther 9:22 days H3117 Jews H3064 rest H5117 (H8804) enemies H341
(H8802) month H2320 turned H2015 (H8738) sorrow H3015 joy H8057
mourning H60 holiday H2896 H3117 make H6213 (H8800) days H3117
feastin...
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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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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 HAND ON THEIR GOODS (Esther
9:1). The Jews of all the provinces, having had a...
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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 t...
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Acts 2:44; Esther 3:12; Esther 3:13; Esther 9:19; Exodus 13:3;
Galatians 2:10; Isaiah 12:1; Isaiah 12:2; Isaiah 14:3; John 16:20;...