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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on Esth 9:19
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown · 1871
Esth 9:19 · Douay-Rheims
“But those Jews that dwelt in towns not walled and in villages, appointed the fourteenth day of the month Adar for banquets and gladness, so as to rejoice on that day, and send one another portions of their banquets and meats.”
On this verse:
“a day of . . . feasting . . . of sending portions one to another--The princes and people of the East not only invite their friends to feasts, but it is their custom to send a portion of the banquet to those who cannot well come to it, especially their relations, and those who are detained at home in a state of sorrow or distress.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.