Esther 9:17-19

Orthodox Jewish Bible

¹⁷ This was on the 13^th day of the month Adar, and on the 14^th day of the same rested they, and made it a yom mishteh and simcha.

¹⁸ But the Yehudim that were at Shushan assembled together on the 13^th day thereof, and on the 14^th thereof, and on the 15^th day of the same they rested, and made it a yom mishteh and simcha.

¹⁹ Therefore the Yehudim of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the 14^th day of the month Adar a simcha and mishteh, and a yontef, and of sending presents each one to his neighbor.