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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EST.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the edict commanded by the king was to be carried out. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but now the tables were turned and the Jews got the upper hand over those who hated them. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EST.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The Jews assembled in their cities in all the provinces of King Xerxes to attack those determined to destroy them. No one could stand against them, because the people of all the other nationalities were afraid of them. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EST.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And all the nobles of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and the king&#8217;s administrators helped the Jews, because fear of Mordecai had seized them. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EST.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Mordecai was prominent in the palace; his reputation spread throughout the provinces, and he became more and more powerful.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EST.9.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EST.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did what they pleased to those who hated them. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EST.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EST.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They also killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EST.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EST.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai and Vaizatha, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EST.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not lay their hands on the plunder.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EST.9.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EST.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king that same day. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EST.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The king said to Queen Esther, &#8220;The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman in the citadel of Susa. What have they done in the rest of the king&#8217;s provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given you. What is your request? It will also be granted.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EST.9.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EST.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;If it pleases the king,&#8221; Esther answered, &#8220;give the Jews in Susa permission to carry out this day&#8217;s edict tomorrow also, and let Haman&#8217;s ten sons be impaled on poles.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EST.9.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EST.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they impaled the ten sons of Haman. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EST.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The Jews in Susa came together on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and they put to death in Susa three hundred men, but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EST.9.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EST.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Meanwhile, the remainder of the Jews who were in the king&#8217;s provinces also assembled to protect themselves and get relief from their enemies. They killed seventy-five thousand of them but did not lay their hands on the plunder. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EST.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">This happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth they rested and made it a day of feasting and joy.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EST.9.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EST.9.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and fourteenth, and then on the fifteenth they rested and made it a day of feasting and joy.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EST.9.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EST.9.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">That is why rural Jews&#8212;those living in villages&#8212;observe the fourteenth of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting, a day for giving presents to each other.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Purim Established</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EST.9.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EST.9.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Mordecai recorded these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews throughout the provinces of King Xerxes, near and far, </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EST.9.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">to have them celebrate annually the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EST.9.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">as the time when the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month when their sorrow was turned into joy and their mourning into a day of celebration. He wrote them to observe the days as days of feasting and joy and giving presents of food to one another and gifts to the poor.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EST.9.22"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NEH.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Nehemiah said, &#8220;Go and enjoy choice food and sweet drinks, and send some to those who have nothing prepared. This day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is your strength.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NEH.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.1.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">And Mary said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.1.46"><span class="content">&#8220;My soul glorifies the Lord</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="LUK.1.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.1.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="LUK.1.47"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.1.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">for he has been mindful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.1.48"><span class="content">of the humble state of his servant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.1.48"><span class="content">From now on all generations will call me blessed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="LUK.1.48"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.1.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">for the Mighty One has done great things for me&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.1.49"><span class="content">holy is his name.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="LUK.1.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.1.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">His mercy extends to those who fear him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.1.50"><span class="content">from generation to generation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="LUK.1.50"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.1.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">He has performed mighty deeds with his arm;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.1.51"><span class="content">he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="LUK.1.51"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.1.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">He has brought down rulers from their thrones</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.1.52"><span class="content">but has lifted up the humble.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="LUK.1.52"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="LUK.1.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">He has filled the hungry with good things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="LUK.1.53"><span class="content">but has sent the rich away empty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="LUK.1.53"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="LUK.1.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">He has helped his servant Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="LUK.1.54"><span class="content">remembering to be merciful</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="LUK.1.54"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="LUK.1.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">to Abraham and his descendants forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="LUK.1.55"><span class="content">just as he promised our ancestors.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="LUK.1.55"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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