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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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ORDAINED. Hebrew. _kum,_ as in verses: Esther 9:21; Esther 9:31....
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_upon all such as joined themselves unto them_ i.e. proselytes....
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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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DISCOURSE: 448
THE FEAST OF PURIM
Esther 9:27. The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their
seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it
should not fail, that they would k...
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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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B. Perpetuated
TEXT: Esther 9:23-28
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And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had
written unto them;
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because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all...
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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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SUCH AS JOINED THEMSELVES UNTO THEM] i.e. religious proselytes: cp.
Esther 8:17....
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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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קִיְּמ֣וּ _וְ_†_קִבְּל֣וּ_† הַ
יְּהוּדִים֩ ׀ עֲלֵיהֶ֨ם ׀ וְ...
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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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The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon
all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail,
that they would keep these two (q) days according to their writi...
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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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THE JEWS ORDAINED, AND TOOK UPON THEM, AND UPON THEIR SEED, AND UPON
ALL SUCH THAT JOINED THEMSELVES UNTO THEM,.... Who became proselytes
to their religion; that is, they appointed the above two days...
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The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon
all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail,
that they would keep these two days according to their writing,...
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_The Jews took upon them and upon their seed_ To the latest
generations; _and upon all such as joined themselves unto them_ That
is, the Gentile proselytes, who were obliged to submit to other of the...
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the Jews ordained and took upon them and upon their seed, all their
descendants, AND UPON ALL SUCH AS JOINED THEMSELVES UNTO THEM, SO AS
IT SHOULD NOT FAIL, not be passed by and forgotten, THAT THEY W...
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THE PURIM FESTIVAL INSTITUTED...
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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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FAIL:
_ Heb._ pass...
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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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Esther 9:27 Jews H3064 established H6965 (H8765) imposed H6901 (H8765)
descendants H2233 join H3867 (H8737) fa
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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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ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 9:23 PURIM. The Hebrew plural of PUR (see note
on 3:7). Jews still keep the Feast of Purim today. THIS SECOND LETTER
sugges
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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 Samuel 30:25; 2 Samuel 21:1; 2 Samuel 21:2; Deuteronomy 29:14;...
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As joined — Gentile Proselytes; who were obliged to submit to other
of the Jewish laws, and therefore to this also; the rather because
they enjoyed the benefit of this day's deliverance; without which...