Esther (Greek) 9:22
Source: Septuagint
22for on these days the Jews obtained rest from their enemies: and as to the month, which was Adar, in which a change was made for them, from mourning to joy, and from sorrow to a good day, to spend the whole of it in good days of feasting and gladness, sending portions to their friends, and to the poor.
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20And Mordecai wrote these things in a book, and sent them to the Jews, as many as were in the kingdom of Artaxerxes, both them that were near and them that were afar off,
21to establish these as joyful days, and to keep the fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar;
— Esther (Greek) 9:22 —
23And the Jews consented to this accordingly as Mordecai wrote to them,
24showing how Haman the son of Hammedatha the Macedonian fought against them, how he made a decree and cast lots to destroy them utterly;