Priljubljene svetopisemske vrstice iz Esther 9

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The king’s command and law  went into effect on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month,  the month Adar. On the day when the Jews’ enemies  had hoped to overpower them, just the opposite happened. The Jews overpowered those who hated them.

Mordecai  recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all of King Ahasuerus’s provinces, both near and far. He ordered  them to celebrate the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar every year because during those days the Jews gained relief from  their enemies. That was the month when their sorrow was turned into rejoicing and their mourning into a holiday.  They were to be days of feasting,  rejoicing, and of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.