Esther 6-10 - The Feast of Purim

The Man Whom the King Honors

Est 6:1 LSB - [1] During that night, sleep had fled from the king, so he said [for them] to bring the book of memoranda, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

Mordecai Is Honored

Est 6:11 LSB - [11] So Haman took the robe and the horse and clothed Mordecai and led him [on horseback] through the city square and called out before him, "Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor."

Esther’s Petition to the King

Est 7:5-6 LSB - [5] Then King Ahasuerus said--he said to Esther the Queen, "Who is this one, and where is this one, who fills his heart to do thus?" [6] So Esther said, "An adversary and an enemy is this evil Haman!" Then Haman became terrified before the king and queen.

Haman Is Hanged

Est 7:10 LSB - [10] So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had set up for Mordecai, and the king's wrath subsided.

Esther Saves the Jews

The King’s Decree Avenges the Jews

Est 8:17 LSB - [17] And in each and every province and in each and every city, wherever the king's word and his law reached, there was gladness and joy for the Jews, a feast and a holiday. And many among the peoples of the land became Jews, for the dread of the Jews had fallen on them.

The Jews Strike Down Their Enemies

Est 9:19 LSB - [19] Therefore the Jews of the rural areas, who live in the rural towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar [a] holiday for gladness and feasting and sending portions [of food] to one another.

The Feast of Purim Is Established

Est 9:20-22 LSB - [20] Then Mordecai wrote down these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far, [21] to establish among them to celebrate the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same month, annually, [22] because on those days the Jews obtained rest for themselves from their enemies, and [it was a] month which was turned around for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness and sending portions [of food] to one another and gifts to the poor.

Mordecai’s Greatness

Est 10:3 LSB - [3] For Mordecai the Jew was second [only] to King Ahasuerus and was great among the Jews and pleasing to his many [fellow] brothers, one who sought the good of his people and one who spoke for the peace of all his seed.