The Jews of the villages ... — Rather, “the Jews of the country districts, that lived in the country towns,” as distinguished from …

The Jews of the villages ... the unwalled towns. —Virtually the same Hebrew word is used in both these cases (perazim, perazot…

Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled
towns, made the fourteenth day of the mon…

The enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them by the former edict. If they had attempted nothing against the people of God, they would not …