SEV Biblia, Chapter 9:31
para confirmar estos días del Purim en sus tiempos señalados , según les había constituído Mardoqueo judío y la reina Ester, y como habían ellos tomado sobre sí y sobre su simiente las palabras de los ayunos y de su clamor.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Esther 9:31
Verse 31. As they had decreed for themselves and for their seed] There is no mention of their receiving the approbation of any high priest, nor of any authority beyond that of Mordecai and Esther; the king could not join in such a business, as he had nothing to do with the Jewish religion, that not being the religion of the country.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 31. To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed , etc.] The fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar: according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them ; in the letters written and signed by them both: and as they had decreed for themselves, and for their seed ; (see Esther 9:27), the matters of their fastings and their cry ; in commemoration of their deliverance from those distresses and calamities which occasioned fastings and prayers during the time of them; and to this sense is the former Targum; though it is certain the Jews observe the thirteenth day, the day before the two days, as a fast, and which they call the fast of Esther f186 , and have prayers on the festival days peculiar to them; but the sense Aben Ezra gives seems best, that as the Jews had decreed to keep the fasts, mentioned in ( Zechariah 7:5), so they now decreed to rejoice in the days of Purim.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 20-32 - The observance of the Jewish feasts, is a public declaration of the truth of the Old Testament Scriptures. And as the Old Testamen 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 wa appointed by authority, yet under the direction of the Spirit of God It was called the feast of Purim, from a Persian word, which signifie a lot. The name of this festival would remind them of the almight power of the God of Israel, who served his own purposes by the superstitions of the heathen. In reviewing our mercies, we shoul advert to former fears and distresses. When our mercies are personal we should not by forgetfulness lose the comfort of them, or withhol from the Lord the glory due to his name. May the Lord teach us to rejoice, with that holy joy which anticipates and prepares for the blessedness of heaven. Every instance of Divine goodness to ourselves is a new obligation laid on us to do good, to those especially who mos need our bounty. Above all, redemption by Christ binds us to be merciful, 2Co 8:9 __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
לקים 6965 את 853 ימי 3117 הפרים 6332 האלה 428 בזמניהם 2165 כאשׁר 834 קים 6965 עליהם 5921 מרדכי 4782 היהודי 3064 ואסתר 635 המלכה 4436 וכאשׁר 834 קימו 6965 על 5921 נפשׁם 5315 ועל 5921 זרעם 2233 דברי 1697 הצומות 6685 וזעקתם׃ 2201
