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Verse Esther 9:20. _MORDECAI WROTE THESE THINGS_] It has been
supposed that thus far that part of the book of Esther, which was
written by _Mordecai_ extends: what follows to the end, was probably
ad...
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THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF ADAR AND THE FEAST OF PURIM
CHAPTER 9
_ 1. The resistance and victory of the Jews (Esther 9:1)_
2. Esther's petition (Esther 9:12)
3. The institution of Purim (Esther 9:17)...
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THE JEWS SUCCESSFUL AGAINST THEIR ENEMIES. Adar 13th, the dreadful
day, comes at last. What were the Jews to do? There were many
partisans of Haman, some 500 at least in the city alone; there were
tho...
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Mordecai's injunctions for the keeping of Purim
20. _And Mordecai wrote these things_ Mordecai's position as a Jew,
who had attained to the office of grand vizier, seems to have been
regarded as givin...
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AND MORDECAI WROTE THESE THINGS, &C.— See the introductory note to
this book. It is from the 20th verse that some have supposed Mordecai
to have been the author of it: but it is very evident, that the...
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XI. Purim Instituted, Esther 9:20-32
A. Practiced
TEXT: Esther 9:20-22
20
And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews
that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus,...
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THE JEWS SLAY THEIR ENEMIES. INSTITUTION OF PURIM
3. All the rulers, etc.] The great massacre described in href='190
9:16'>Est 9:16 is thus represented as being in part the work of the
Persian author...
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MORDECAI WROTE THESE THINGS] This refers not to the existing book of
Esther, but to an account contained in the letters sent to effect the
purpose indicated in Esther 9:21; Esther 9:22. This was the
e...
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GOD IS IN CONTROL
Book of Esther
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 9
V1 The 13th day of the 12th month (the month called Adar) was the day
to carry out the king’s law. This was the day when the enemies of
t...
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וַ יִּכְתֹּ֣ב מָרְדֳּכַ֔י אֶת ־הַ
דְּבָרִ֖ים...
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DELIVERANCE BY THE SWORD
Esther 9:1
When the fateful day arrived, the Jews throughout the empire stood on
the defense. As it appears from Esther 9:16, seventy-five thousand of
their assailants fell i...
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THE FEAST OF PURIM
Esther 9:20; Esther 10:1
The Feast of Purim-so called from Esther 3:7 -was held on the 14th and
15th of Adar, our February. The whole of this book was read on the
previous evening...
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In this final section of the Book we have an account, first, of the
arrival of the fateful day and all that happened thereon. It was a day
when the changed conditions in the case of Haman and Mordecai...
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And Mordecai wrote (l) these things, and sent letters unto all the
Jews that [were] in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, [both]
nigh and far,
(l) The Jews gather from this that Mordecai wrote...
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(20) В¶ And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all
the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both
nigh and far, (21) To stablish this among them, that they should...
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The Feast of Purim
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Last week we saw that even though the king had Haman killed on the
gallows he built for Mordecai, the damage he had done to the Jews was
still in motion!
1. Es...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 10.
The Book of Nehemiah has shewn us Judah reinstated in the land, but
deprived of the presence of God, except as to general blessing, and
unacknow...
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AND MORDECAI WROTE THESE THINGS,.... The transactions of those two
days, and the causes of them, as well as the following letter; some
conclude from hence that he was the penman of the book; and so he...
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And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews
that [were] in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, [both] nigh
and far,
Ver. 20. _And Mordecai wrote these things_] He wrote w...
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_Mordecai wrote these things_, &c. That is, the history of these
things, which was the ground of the feast here spoken of. Mordecai
knew very well these things ought to be had in remembrance, and to b...
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THE PURIM FESTIVAL INSTITUTED...
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And Mordecai wrote these things, a full account of all these
happenings, AND SENT LETTERS UNTO ALL THE JEWS THAT WERE IN ALL THE
PROVINCES OF THE KING AHASUERUS, BOTH NIGH AND FAR, wherever there
were...
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THE JEWS VICTORIOUS
(vv. 1-17)
On the day prescribed in both decrees, when the enemies of the Jews
expected to destroy all the Jews in the Persian empire, the tables
were turned completely, for besi...
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20-32 The observance of the Jewish feasts, is a public declaration of
the truth of the Old Testament Scriptures. And as the Old Testament
Scriptures are true, the Messiah expected by the Jews is come...
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MORDECAI WROTE THESE THINGS; either,
1. The letters here following. But that is distinctly mentioned in the
next words. Or,
2. The history of these things, which was the ground of the feast;
which M...
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Esther 9:20 Mordecai H4782 wrote H3789 (H8799) things H1697 sent H7971
(H8799) letters H5612 Jews H3064 near...
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CONTENTS: Vengeance executed; the Jews victorious. Feast of Purim
instituted.
CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Mordecai.
CONCLUSION: When we have received signal mercies from God, we should
be quick t...
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Esther 9:1. _The enemies of the Jews._ The Chaldean paraphrase says
that no nation appeared in arms against the Jews but Amalek; and these
were infatuated to their own destruction. The troubles which...
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_On the thirteenth day of the month Adar._
A NATIONAL MEMORIAL
This national memorial--
I. Was established by supreme authority.
II. Was approved by a grateful people.
III. Was sanctioned by the...
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CRITICAL NOTES.]
ESTHER 9:17. THEREFORE … THE FOURTEENTH DAY] Because the Jews
outside of Shushan did all their fighting on the thirteenth, and
rested on the fourteenth, as stated in Esther 9:17, THER...
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EXPOSITION
RESULT OF THE SECOND EDICT' THE JEWS RESIST THEIR ENEMIES, AND EFFECT
A GREAT SLAUGHTER OF THEM, BUT DO NOT LAY HAN
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So, when this day came,
there in the city of Shushan, there were five hundred men that were
slain by the Jews (Esther 9:6).
Men who were seeking the evil of the Jews. And so they were able to
take th...
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1 Chronicles 16:12; 2 Corinthians 1:10; 2 Corinthians 1:11;
Deuteronomy 31:19;...