"Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur.e Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,"
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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
fa...
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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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PURIM. lots. The name of the feast to this day.
PUR. See note on Esther 3:7....
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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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B. Perpetuated
TEXT: Esther 9:23-28
23
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had
written unto them;
24
because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all...
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_WHEREFORE THEY CALLED THESE DAYS PURIM AFTER THE NAME OF PUR.
THEREFORE FOR ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LETTER, AND OF THAT WHICH THEY HAD
SEEN CONCERNING THIS MATTER, AND WHICH HAD COME UNTO THEM,_
They...
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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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PURIM. — As we have already stated, the festival of Purim is still
observed by the Jews, on the 14th and 15th of Adar, the day preceding
being kept as a fast. At Purim, the whole Book of Esther is rea...
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עַל ־כֵּ֡ן קָֽרְאוּ֩ לַ † יָּמִ֨ים הָ
אֵ֤לֶּה פוּרִים֙ עַל ־שֵׁ֣ם הַ פּ֔וּר
עַל...
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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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(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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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
Mordeca...
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Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur.
Therefore for all the words of this letter, and [of that] which they
had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
Ver....
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_They called these days Purim_ Namely, these two festival days; _after
the name Pur_ A Persian word signifying a lot. _For all the words of
this letter, and of that which they had seen, and which had...
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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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PUR:
that is, Lot...
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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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i.e. Both for the respect which they justly bore to Mordecai's letter,
and because they themselves had seen and felt this wonderful work of
God on their behalf....
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Esther 9:26 called H7121 (H8804) days H3117 Purim H6332 name H8034 Pur
H6332 words H1697 letter H107 seen H7200 (H8804) matter H3602 happened
H5060 (H8689)
they called - Numbers 16:40; Ezekiel 39:11...
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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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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
suggests that the differences between rural and urban Jews (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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Esther 9:20; Ezekiel 39:11; Numbers 16:40...
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Pur — This Persian word signifies a lot, because Haman had by lot
determined this time to be the time of the Jews destruction....