Esther 9:20-26

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.

23And the JewsH3064 undertook to do as they had begunH2490, and as MordecaiH4782 had writtenH3789 to them.

24For HamanH2001 the sonH1121 of Hammedatha the AgagiteH91, the oppressor of all the JewsH3064, had devised against the JewsH3064 to destroyH6 them, and had castH5307 PurH6332, that is, the lotH1486, to consume them and to destroyH6 them;

25and whenH834 [Esther] cameH935 before the kingH4428, he commanded by lettersH5612 that his wickedH7451 device, which he had devised against the JewsH3064, should returnH7725 upon his own headH7218; and they hangedH8518 him and his sonsH1121 on the gallowsH6086.

26ThereforeH3651 they calledH7121 these daysH3117 PurimH6332 after the nameH8034 of PurH6332. ThereforeH3651, according to all the wordsH1697 of this letterH107, and for what they had seenH7200 concerning this matterH1697 and what had happened to them,