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THE BOOK OF
ESTHER
CHAPTER 8
  17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good aday. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the bfear of the Jews fell upon them.

Footnotes
17a
Esth. 9: 19 (19, 22).
  19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good aday, and of sending bportions one to another.
b
Esth. 9: 2.
  2 The Jews agathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the bfear of them fell upon all people.