Esther 9:23 meaning and explanation

So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.

Esther 9:23, Berean Standard Bible

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Mordecai has just recorded the deliverance of the Jews and sent letters throughout Xerxes' provinces, asking them to keep the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar as days of feasting, joy and gifts to one another and to the poor. Verse 23 reports the people's response: they accepted this obligation and made it their own ongoing practice.

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