Esther 9 · Verse 23

Esther 9:23

And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

Esther 9:23, King James Version

Esther 9:23 in other translations

BSB	So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.
WEB	The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them,
ASV	And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
YLT	And the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai hath written unto them,
DARBY	And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them.
BBE	And the Jews gave their word to go on as they had been doing and as Mordecai had given them orders in writing;
Webster	And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them;

What does Esther 9:23 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 23 The Jews undertook to do as they had begun - They had already kept the fifteenth day, and some of them in the country the fourteenth also, as a day of rejoicing: Mordecai wrote to them to bind themselves and their successors, and all their proselytes, to celebrate this as an annual feast throughout all their generations; and this they undertook to do. And it has been observed among them, in all places of their dispersion, from that day to the present time, without any interruption.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Esther 9:20-32

The observance of the Jewish feasts, is a public declaration of the truth of the Old Testament Scriptures. And as the Old Testament Scriptures are true, the Messiah expected by the Jews is come long ago; and none but Jesus of Nazareth can be that Messiah. The festival was appointed by authority, yet under the direction of the Spirit of God. It was called the feast of Purim, from a Persian word, which signifies a…

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Esther 9:23 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְקִבֵּל֙ve.ki.Beland he acceptedH6901

הַיְּהוּדִ֔יםhai.ye.hu.Dimthe JewsH3064

אֵ֥ת'et<obj.>H853

אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-[that] whichH834

הֵחֵ֖לּוּhe.Che.luthey had begunH2490

לַעֲשׂ֑וֹתla.'a.Sotto doH6213

וְאֵ֛תve.'Etand <obj.>H853

אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-[that] whichH834

כָּתַ֥בka.Tavhe had writtenH3789

מָרְדֳּכַ֖יma.re.do.KhaiMordecaiH4782

אֲלֵיהֶֽם\׃'a.lei.Hemto themH413

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

Esther 9:22
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
Esther 9:23
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
Esther 9:24
Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

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Esther 9:23 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y los Judíos aceptaron hacer, según habían comenzado, lo que les escribió Mardochêo.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et les Juifs acceptèrent de faire ce qu’ils avaient commencé et ce que Mardochée leur avait écrit.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und die Juden nahmen als Brauch an, was sie zu tun angefangen, und was Mordokai ihnen geschrieben hatte.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Susceperuntque Judæi in solemnem ritum cuncta quæ eo tempore facere cœperant, et quæ Mardochæus litteris facienda mandaverat.