NET Bible
"So the Jews committed themselves to continue what they had begun to do and to what Mordecai had written to them."
— Esther 9:23, NET Bible
“And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;”
“And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them; ”
“The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them;”
“And the Jews undertook to observe with solemnity all they had begun to do at that time, which Mardochai by letters had commanded to be done.”
“And the Jews gave their word to go on as they had been doing and as Mordecai had given them orders in writing;”
“And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;”
Mordecai wrote these matters down and sent letters to all the Jews who were throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,
to have them observe the fourteenth and the fifteenth day of the month of Adar each year
as the time when the Jews gave themselves rest from their enemies– the month when their trouble was turned to happiness and their mourning to a holiday. These were to be days of banqueting, happiness, sending gifts to one another, and providing for the poor.
So the Jews committed themselves to continue what they had begun to do and to what Mordecai had written to them.
For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised plans against the Jews to destroy them. He had cast pur(that is, the lot) in order to afflict and destroy them.
But when the matter came to the king’s attention, the king gave written orders that Haman’s evil intentions that he had devised against the Jews should fall on his own head. He and his sons were hanged on the gallows.
For this reason these days are known as Purim, after the name of pur. Therefore, because of the account found in this letter and what they had faced in this regard and what had happened to them,