Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And observe the days of lots, and celebrate them with joy in their proper time: as Mardochai and Esther had appointed, and they undertook them to be observed by themselves and by their seed, fasts, and cries, and the days of lots, the hundred. Esther 1:1 In the days of Assuerus, who reigned from India to Ethiopia over a hundred and twenty seven provinces: Esther 8:9 Then the king's scribes and secretaries were called for (now it was the time of the third month which is called Siban) the three and twentieth day of the month, and letters were written, as Mardochai had a mind, to the Jews, and to the governors, and to the deputies, and to the judges, who were rulers over the hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia: to province and province, to people and people, according to their languages and characters, and to the Jews, according as they could read and hear. words of peace. Isaiah 39:8 And Ezechias said to Isaiah: The word of the Lord, which he hath spoken, is good. And he said: Only let peace and truth be in my days. Zechariah 8:19 Thus saith the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth shall be to the house of Juda, joy, and gladness, and great solemnities: only love ye truth and peace. Context The Feast of Purim Instituted…30And they sent to all the Jews that were in the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of king Assuerus, that they should have peace, and receive truth, 31And observe the days of lots, and celebrate them with joy in their proper time: as Mardochai and Esther had appointed, and they undertook them to be observed by themselves and by their seed, fasts, and cries, and the days of lots,32And all things which are contained in the history of this book, which is called Esther.… Cross References 2 Chronicles 35:25 Particularly Jeremias: whose lamentations for Josias all the singing men and singing women repeat unto this day, and it became like a law in Israel: Behold it is found written in the Lamentations. Esther 4:3 And in all provinces, towns, and places, to which the king's cruel edict was come, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, wailing, and weeping, many using sackcloth and ashes for their bed. Lexicon in order to confirmלְקַיֵּ֡ם (lə·qay·yêm) Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 6965: To arise, stand up, stand these הָאֵ֜לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh) Article | Pronoun - common plural Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those days יְמֵי֩ (yə·mê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day of Purim הַפֻּרִ֨ים (hap·pu·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6332: a lot', a Jewish feast at their [appointed] time, בִּזְמַנֵּיהֶ֗ם (biz·man·nê·hem) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2165: An appointed occasion just as כַּאֲשֶׁר֩ (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that Mordecai מָרְדֳּכַ֤י (mā·rə·do·ḵay) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4782: Mordecai -- a companion of Zerubbabel, also a cousin of Esther the Jew הַיְּהוּדִי֙ (hay·yə·hū·ḏî) Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3064: Jews -- Jewish and Queen הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה (ham·mal·kāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4436: Queen -- a queen Esther וְאֶסְתֵּ֣ר (wə·’es·têr) Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 635: Esther -- 'star', Ahasuerus' queen who delivered Israel had established them קִיַּ֨ם (qî·yam) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6965: To arise, stand up, stand [and] וְכַאֲשֶׁ֛ר (wə·ḵa·’ă·šer) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that had committed קִיְּמ֥וּ (qî·yə·mū) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 6965: To arise, stand up, stand themselves נַפְשָׁ֖ם (nap̄·šām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion and their descendants זַרְעָ֑ם (zar·‘ām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity to the times דִּבְרֵ֥י (diḇ·rê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause of fasting הַצֹּמ֖וֹת (haṣ·ṣō·mō·wṯ) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6685: Fasting, a fast and lamentation. וְזַעֲקָתָֽם׃ (wə·za·‘ă·qā·ṯām) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2201: A shriek, outcry Additional Translations in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry. to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had ordained for themselves and for their seed, in the matter of the fastings and their cry. And Mardochaeus and Esther the queen appointed a fast for themselves privately, even at that time also having formed their plan against their own health. to confirm these days of Purim in their fixed times, according as Mordecai the Jew and queen Esther had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, as to the matters of the fastings and their cry. to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had ordained for themselves and for their seed, in the matter of the fastings and their cry. To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry. to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had decreed, and as they had imposed upon themselves and their descendants, in the matter of the fastings and their cry. to establish these days of Purim, in their seasons, as Mordecai the Jew hath established on them, and Esther the queen, and as they had established on themselves, and on their seed -- matters of the fastings, and of their cry. 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