Esther 9:23
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
And the Iewes vndertooke to doe, as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written vnto them:
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Esther 9:23
Members of the Jewish people or nation.
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Took upon oneself or agreed to do.
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Past-tense or past-participial form of begin (to start, commence, or enter upon something).
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Past-tense or past-participial form of write (to set down, record, or communicate in letters or writing).
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22As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
22As the dayes wherein the Iewes rested from their enemies, & the moneth which was turned vnto them, from sorrow to ioy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them daies of feasting and ioy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poore.
23And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
23And the Iewes vndertooke to doe, as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written vnto them:
Selected passage24Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
24Because Haman the sonne of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemie of all the Iewes, had deuised against the Iewes to destroy them, and had cast Pur (that is, the lot) to †consume them, and to destroy them.