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 suggests that the differences between rural and urban Jews (Esther 9:9) had persisted to some extent in spite of the first letter (vv. Esther 9:20). Both letters were distributed in the form of many letters, carried by many messengers but with the same basic content.

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