Treasury of Scripture Knowledge But those Jews that dwelt in towns not walled and in villages, appointed the fourteenth day of the month Adar for banquets and gladness, so as to rejoice on that day, and send one another portions of their banquets and meats. on the thirteenth. Esther 9:1,11,13,15 So on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said above is called Adar, when all the Jews were designed to be massacred, and their enemies were greedy after their blood, the case being altered, the Jews began to have the upper hand, and to revenge themselves of their adversaries. . . . Context The Feast of Purim Instituted18But they that were killing in the city of Susan, were employed in the slaughter on the thirteenth and fourteenth day of the same month: and on the fifteenth day they rested. And therefore they appointed that day to be a holy day of feasting and gladness. 19But those Jews that dwelt in towns not walled and in villages, appointed the fourteenth day of the month Adar for banquets and gladness, so as to rejoice on that day, and send one another portions of their banquets and meats.20And Mardochai wrote all these things, and sent them comprised in letters to the Jews that abode in all the king's provinces, both those that lay near and those afar off,… Cross References Revelation 11:10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them and make merry: and shall send gifts one to another, because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt upon the earth. Deuteronomy 3:5 All the cities were fenced with very high walls, and with gates and bars, besides innumerable towns that had no walls. 1 Samuel 25:8 Ask thy servants, and they will tell thee. Now therefore let thy servants find favour in thy eyes: for we are come in a good day, whatsoever thy hand shall find give to thy servants, and to thy son David. Nehemiah 8:10 And he said to them: Go, eat fat meats, and drink sweet wine, and send portions to them that have not prepared for themselves: because it is the holy day of the Lord, and be not sad: for the joy of the Lord is our strength. Esther 8:17 And in all peoples, cities, and provinces, whithersoever the king's commandments came, there was wonderful rejoicing, feasts and banquets, and keeping holy day: Insomuch that many of other nations and religion, joined themselves to their worship and ceremonies. For a great dread of the name of the Jews had fallen upon all. Esther 9:20 And Mardochai wrote all these things, and sent them comprised in letters to the Jews that abode in all the king's provinces, both those that lay near and those afar off, Esther 9:22 Because on those days the Jews revenged themselves of their enemies, and their mourning and sorrow were turned into mirth and joy, and that these should be days of feasting and gladness, in which they should send one to another portions of meats, and should give gifts to the poor. Zechariah 2:4 And he said to him: Run, speak to this young man, saying: Jerusalem shall be inhabited without walls, by reason of the multitude of men, and of the beasts in the midst thereof. Lexicon This is whyעַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against the rural הַפְּרָזִ֗ים (hap·pə·rā·zîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6521: Hamlet dweller Jews, הַיְּהוּדִ֣ים (hay·yə·hū·ḏîm) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3064: Jews -- Jewish who live הַיֹּשְׁבִים֮ (hay·yō·šə·ḇîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in the villages, בְּעָרֵ֣י (bə·‘ā·rê) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement observe עֹשִׂ֗ים (‘ō·śîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make the fourteenth day אַרְבָּעָ֤ה (’ar·bā·‘āh) Number - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 702: Four of the month לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ (lə·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 2320: The new moon, a month of Adar אֲדָ֔ר (’ă·ḏār) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 143: The twelfth month in the Jewish calendar as a day י֣וֹם (yō·wm) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day of joy שִׂמְחָ֥ה (śim·ḥāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 8057: Blithesomeness, glee and feasting. וּמִשְׁתֶּ֖ה (ū·miš·teh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4960: Drink, drinking, a banquet, feast It is a holiday וְי֣וֹם (wə·yō·wm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day for sending וּמִשְׁל֥וֹחַ (ū·miš·lō·w·aḥ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 4916: A sending out, presentation, seizure gifts מָנ֖וֹת (mā·nō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 4490: Something weighed out, a division, a ration, a lot to one אִ֥ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person another. לְרֵעֵֽהוּ׃ (lə·rê·‘ê·hū) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7453: Friend, companion, fellow Additional Translations This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelled 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. Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another. On this account then it is that the Jews dispersed in every foreign land keep the fourteenth of Adar as a holy day with joy, sending portions each to his neighbour. Therefore the Jews of the villages that dwell in the country towns make the fourteenth of the month Adar a day of joy and feasting, and a good day, and on which they send portions one to another. Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another. 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. Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, a good day, and a day of sending presents of food to one another. Therefore the Jews of the villages, who are dwelling in cities of the villages, are making the fourteenth day of the month of Adar -- joy and banquet, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another. 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