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The Feast of Purim Instituted

Esther 9:21

In 11 translations

BSB
to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
KJV
To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
WEB
to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar yearly, to establish these as joyful days and to keep the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar;
ASV
to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
LSV
to establish on them, to be keeping the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and the fifteenth day of it, in every year and year,
YLT
to establish on them, to be keeping the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and the fifteenth day of it, in every year and year,
DBY
to establish [this] among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
DRC
That they should receive the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month Adar for holy days, and always at the return of the year should celebrate them with solemn honour:
GNV
Inioyning them that they shoulde keepe the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, euery yeere.
JPS
to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
LXXE
to establish these as joyful days, and to keep the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar;

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
לְקַיֵּם֮ עֲלֵיהֶם֒ לִהְי֣וֹת עֹשִׂ֗ים אֵ֠ת י֣וֹם אַרְבָּעָ֤ה עָשָׂר֙ לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ אֲדָ֔ר וְאֵ֛ת יוֹם־חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר בּ֑וֹ בְּכָל־שָׁנָ֖ה וְשָׁנָֽה׃
LXX-Br
στῆσαι τὰς ἡμέρας ταύτας ἀγαθάς, ἄγειν τε τὴν τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτην καὶ τὴν πεντεκαιδεκάτην τοῦ Ἀδάρ.

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