Esther 9:21 Meaning and Explanation
“To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Mordecai establishes both the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar as annual observances.
What Does Esther 9:21 Mean?
Mordecai’s letters establish that both days, the fourteenth and the fifteenth of Adar, be kept yearly. The two dates that arose from the different timings in province and capital are now joined into a single festival embracing the whole people, so that none is left out.
The word stablish carries the weight of permanence. This is not a one-time thanksgiving but a fixed appointment, written into the rhythm of every year. The narrator shows how a deliverance becomes a tradition, the memory of one Adar woven into every Adar to come, that children might ask and be told.
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What does Esther 9:21 mean?
Mordecai establishes both the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar as annual observances.