Esther 9:26

Overview - Esther 9
The Jews slay their enemies, with the ten sons of Haman.
12 Ahasuerus, at the request of Esther, grants another day of slaughter, and Haman's sons to be hanged.
20 The two days of Purim are made festival.
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Esther 9:26  (King James Version)
Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
 


they called
Numbers 16:40 ; Ezekiel 39:11

Pur
that is, Lot. letter.
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