Esther 9:27-29

Expanded Bible

²⁷ the Jews set up this ·custom [tradition]. They and their descendants and all those who join them are ·always [^Lwithout fail] to ·celebrate [observe; keep] these two days every year. They should do it ·in the right way [^Las it is written] and at the time Mordecai had ·ordered [decreed]. ²⁸ These two days should be remembered and ·celebrated [observed; kept] ·from now on [^Lthrough every generation] in every family, in every ·state [province], and in every city. These days of Purim should ·always [^Lnot fail to] be ·celebrated [observed; kept] ·by [among] the Jews, and their memory never fade among their descendants.

²⁹ So Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second ·letter [dispatch] about Purim.