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The Feast of Purim Instituted

Esther 9:23

In 11 translations

BSB
So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.
KJV
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
WEB
The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them, And the Jews consented to this as Mordecai wrote to them,
ASV
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
LSV
And the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai has written to them,
YLT
And the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai hath written unto them,
DBY
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them.
DRC
And the Jews undertook to observe with solemnity all they had begun to do at that time, which Mardochai by letters had commanded to be done.
GNV
And the Iewes promised to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written vnto them,
JPS
And the Jews took upon them to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
LXXE
And the Jews consented to this accordingly as Mardochæus wrote to them,

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְקִבֵּל֙ הַיְּהוּדִ֔ים אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־הֵחֵ֖לּוּ לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת וְאֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־כָּתַ֥ב מָרְדֳּכַ֖י אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ προσεδέξαντο οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι, καθὼς ἔγραψεν αὐτοῖς ὁ Μαρδοχαῖος·

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