Esther 9:27

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Summary

The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;

And upon their seed

2 Samuel 21:1

All such

Bible References

And upon their seed

The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, with all those of us alive here today.

“Now not with you alone am I making this covenant and this oath,

Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

So it has been from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the presence of the Lord. And the Lord said, “It is for Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death.”

All such

In each and every province and in each and every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree arrived, there was gladness and joy for the Jews, a feast and a

holiday. And many among the peoples of the land became Jews, for the dread of the Jews had fallen on them.

Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say,
“The Lord will surely separate me from His people.”
Nor let the eunuch say, “Behold, I am a dry tree.”

“Many nations will join themselves to the Lord in that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.

Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘In those days ten men from all the nations will

grasp the garment of a Jew, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”’”