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The Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them;
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A Commitment to Remember
This verse marks the formal acceptance of the Feast of Purim. Commentators explain that the Jewish people collectively agreed to make their spontaneous celebration an official, annual tradition. They "undertook to do as they had begun," turning a moment of relief into a lasting memorial of God's deliverance for all future generations.
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Reformed Baptist
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them .…
Presbyterian
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…