to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had prescribed for them, and as they had decreed for themselves and their descendants concerning matters of their fasting and lamenting.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The matters of the fastings and their cry - The Jews of the provinces had added to the form of commemoration proposed by Mordecai c…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

To confirm ... enjoined ... decreed. — The same Hebrew verb stands for the three different English verbs; it is also the word

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed
The fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar:

acc…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The observance of the Jewish feasts is a public declaration of the truth of the Old Testament Scriptures. And as the Old Testament Scriptures are t…