Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,

In all the provinces

Bible References

Wrote these

Exodus 17:14
The Lord said to Moses, "Write this as a memorial in the book, and rehearse it in Joshua's hearing; for I will surely wipe out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
Deuteronomy 31:19
Now write down for yourselves the following song and teach it to the Israelites. Put it into their very mouths so that this song may serve as my witness against the Israelites!
1 Chronicles 16:12
Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed,
Psalm 124:1
A song of ascents, by David. "If the Lord had not been on our side" -- let Israel say this! --
Psalm 145:4
One generation will praise your deeds to another, and tell about your mighty acts!
2 Corinthians 1:10
He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again,

In all the provinces

Esther 1:1
The following events happened in the days of Ahasuerus. (I am referring to that Ahasuerus who used to rule over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces extending all the way from India to Ethiopia.)
Esther 3:12
So the royal scribes were summoned in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month. Everything Haman commanded was written to the king's satraps and governors who were in every province and to the officials of every people, province by province according to its script and people by people according to its language. In the name of King Ahasuerus it was written and sealed with the king's signet ring.
Esther 8:9
The king's scribes were quickly summoned -- in the third month (that is, the month of Sivan), on the twenty-third day. They wrote out everything that Mordecai instructed to the Jews and to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces all the way from India to Ethiopia -- a hundred and twenty-seven provinces in all -- to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, and to the Jews according to their own script and their own language.

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