Esther 9:19 meaning and explanation

This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.

Esther 9:19, Berean Standard Bible

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This verse explains why Jews living in unwalled villages keep the fourteenth of Adar as their day of celebration. In the chapter, the Jews of Susa fought on the thirteenth and fourteenth and rested on the fifteenth, while Jews elsewhere fought only on the thirteenth and rested on the fourteenth.

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