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Esther 4:17

Listen to Esther 4:17
17 Mardochée s'en alla donc, et fit tout ce qu'Esther lui avait commandé.

Esther 4:17 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 4:17

So Mordecai went his way
About the business he was directed to; the word used having sometimes the signification of passing over or transgressing, Jarchi interprets it of Mordecai's transgressing the command, by fasting on a festival; the letter being written on the thirteenth of Nisan, ( Esther 3:12 ) , the next day was the passover, on which he supposes the fast began; and the three days were, the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth of the month, and belonged to the feast of the passover and of unleavened bread; so the Targum:

and did according to all that Esther had commanded him;
got the Jews together, and kept a fast three days; according to the Midrash F5 they were the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth of Nisan.


FOOTNOTES:

F5 Midrash Esther, fol. 94. 4.
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Esther 4:17 In-Context

15 Alors Esther dit qu'on fît cette réponse à Mardochée:
16 Va, assemble tous les Juifs qui se trouvent à Suse, et jeûnez pour moi; ne mangez ni ne buvez de trois jours, tant la nuit que le jour; et pour moi et mes servantes, nous jeûnerons de même; puis je m'en irai ainsi vers le roi, bien que ce soit contre la loi; et s'il arrive que je périsse, je périrai!
17 Mardochée s'en alla donc, et fit tout ce qu'Esther lui avait commandé.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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