So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem. For they had not observed it in great numbers as prescribed.
Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as on
On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman com
King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multi
And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax imposed by Moses the se
These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.
Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a dec
See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the
No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever obse
Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,
“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclai
I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be pa
Therefore, O king, establish the decree and sign the document so that it cannot be changed—in accordance with the law of