Esther 9:16-22

16And the other JewsH3064 that were in the king's provincesH4082 gathered themselves together, and stoodH5975 for their lifeH5315, and had restH7605 from their enemiesH341; and they slewH2026 of them that hatedH8130 them seventy-fiveH7657 thousandH505 (but they laid not their handH3027 on the prey),

17on the thirteenth dayH3117 of the monthH2320 AdarH143; and on the fourteenth of the same they restedH5117, and madeH6213 it a dayH3117 of feastingH4960 and joyH8057.

18But the JewsH3064 that were at Shushan gathered themselves togetherH6950 on the thirteenth [dayH3117] thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth of the same they restedH5117, and madeH6213 it a dayH3117 of feastingH4960 and joyH8057.

19ThereforeH3651 the JewsH3064 of the villages that dwellH3427 in the country towns makeH6213 the fourteenth of the monthH2320 AdarH143 a dayH3117 of joyH8057 and feastingH4960, and a goodH2896 dayH3117, and on which they send portionsH4490 oneH376 to another.

20And MordecaiH4782 wroteH3789 these thingsH1697, and sentH7971 lettersH5612 to all the JewsH3064 near and farH7350 that were in all the provincesH4082 of kingH4428 AhasuerusH325,

21to establishH6965 [this] among them, that they should keep the fourteenth dayH3117 of the monthH2320 AdarH143, and the fifteenth dayH3117 of the same, yearly,

22as the daysH3117 on which the JewsH3064 restedH5117 from their enemiesH341, and the monthH2320 that was turnedH2015 to them from sorrowH3015 to joyH8057, and from mourningH60 into a goodH2896 dayH3117; that they should makeH6213 them daysH3117 of feastingH4960 and joyH8057, and of sendingH4916 portionsH4490 oneH376 to another, and giftsH4979 to the poor.