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He sent letters to all the Jews, to the hundred twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, [with] words of peace and truth,
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A Unified Proclamation
Commentators clarify that Mordecai, acting with Queen Esther's authority, sent these letters. They were dispatched to all 127 provinces of the Persian empire, ensuring that every Jewish community, including those who had returned to Judea, would be unified in celebrating this new festival of deliverance.
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19th Century
Anglican
The letters. —Omit the article.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he sent letters unto all the Jews That is, Mordecai did, signed in the queen's name, and his own:
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…
