16 The remainder of the Jews in the king’s provinces (A)gathered together and protected their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of their enemies; (B)but they did not lay a hand on the plunder. 17 This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. And on the fourteenth of [a]the month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

The Feast of Purim

18 But the Jews who were at [b]Shushan assembled together (C)on the thirteenth day, as well as on the fourteenth; and on the fifteenth of [c]the month they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 9:17 Lit. it
  2. Esther 9:18 Or Susa
  3. Esther 9:18 Lit. it

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