Esther 9:16-22

16And the other JewsH3064 that were in the king’sH4428 provincesH4082 gathered themselves together, and stoodH5975 for their livesH5315, and had restH7605 from their enemiesH341, and slewH2026 of them that hatedH8130 them seventyH7657 and fiveH2568 thousandH505; but on the spoil they laid not their handH3027.

17This was doneon the thirteenth dayH3117 of the monthH2320 AdarH143; and on the fourteenth dayH3117 of the same they restedH5117, and madeH6213 it a dayH3117 of feastingH4960 and gladnessH8057. 18But the JewsH3064 that were in Shushan assembledH6950 togetherH6950 on the thirteenth dayH3117 thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth dayH3117 of the same they restedH5117, and madeH6213 it a dayH3117 of feastingH4960 and gladnessH8057. 19ThereforeH3651 do the JewsH3064 of the villages, that dwellH3427 in the unwalled towns, makeH6213 the fourteenth dayH3117 of the monthH2320 AdarH143 a dayH3117 of gladnessH8057 and feastingH4960, and a goodH2896 dayH3117, and of sendingH4916 portionsH4490 oneH376 to another.

20And MordecaiH4782 wroteH3789 these thingsH1697, and sentH7971 lettersH5612 unto all the JewsH3064 that were in all the provincesH4082 of the kingH4428 AhasuerusH325, both nigh and farH7350, 21to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth dayH3117 of the monthH2320 AdarH143, and the fifteenth dayH3117 of the same, yearly, 22as the daysH3117 wherein the JewsH3064 had restH5117 from their enemiesH341, and the monthH2320 which was turnedH2015 unto them from sorrowH3015 to gladnessH8057, and from mourningH60 into a goodH2896 dayH3117; that they should makeH6213 them daysH3117 of feastingH4960 and gladnessH8057, and of sendingH4916 portionsH4490 oneH376 to another, and giftsH4979 to the poor.