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For this reason God made two lots, one to represent God's people and one to represent the nations.
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These two lots came before God for the hour and season and day of decision in the presence of all the nations.
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God remembered his people and affirmed the just cause of his inheritance.
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“The fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar will be observed among God's people Israel with a gathering, with joy and feasting in the presence of God, from generation to generation forever.”
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In the fourth year of the rule of Ptolemy and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who affirmed that he was a priest and Levite, and his son Ptolemy brought the preceding letter concerning Purim. They verified its genuineness. Lysimachus, Ptolemy's son, a resident of Jerusalem, translated the letter.