Esther 9:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

The days

Isaiah 14:3

From sorrow

Psalm 30:11

Matthew 5:4

John 16:20

Sending portions

Galatians 2:10

Bible References

The days

Then the king’s scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and it was written just as Haman commanded to the king’s satraps, to the governors who were over each province and to the princes of each people, each province according to its script, each people according to its language, being written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s signet ring.

Moses said to the people, “Remember this day in which you went out from Egypt, from the house of slavery; for by a powerful hand the Lord brought you out from this place. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget none of His benefits;

Then you will say on that day,
“I will give thanks to You, O Lord;
For although You were angry with me,
Your anger is turned away,
And You comfort me.

And it will be in the day when the Lord gives you rest from your pain and turmoil and harsh service in which you have been enslaved,

From sorrow

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness,

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.

Truly, truly, I say to you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy.

Sending portions

Therefore the Jews of the rural areas, who live in the rural towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a

holiday for rejoicing and feasting and sending portions of food to one another.

Then he said to them, “Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

But give that which is within as charity, and then all things are clean for you.

And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common;

They only asked us to remember the poor—the very thing I also was eager to do.