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134. THE JEWS REJOICE AND DECLARE A FEAST

(ESTHER 9:18-32)

MEMORY VERSE:

"Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy." PSALM 126:5

FILL IN THE BLANKS:

"The Jews of the villages who dwelt in the unwalled towns ___________ the _____________

day of the month of Adar as a day of gladness and feasting." ESTHER 9:19

This was "as a holiday, and for sending _____________ to one another." ESTHER 9:19

TRUE OR FALSE:

"And Mordecai wrote these things and sent letters to all the Jews who were in the provinces of

King Ahasuerus, both near and far, to establish among them that they should celebrate yearly

the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar." ESTHER 9:20-21

TRUE OR FALSE

UNDERLINE ONLY THE TRUE STATEMENTS:

They should celebrate...ESTHER 9:22

* as the days on which the Jews had rest from their enemies

* as the month which was turned from sorrow to joy for them

* and from a holiday to mourning

* and from mourning to a holiday

* that they should make them days of feasting and joy

* of sending presents to one another

* and gifts to the rich

* and gifts to the poor

FILL IN THE BLANKS:

This custom was accepted because "when Esther came before the king, he

commanded by letter that this wicked plot which __________ had devised against the Jews

should return on his ______head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows."

ESTHER 9:25

"The Jews established and imposed it upon themselves and their descendants and all who

should join them, that without fail they should ______________these two days every year."

ESTHER 9:27

"So the decree of ___________ confirmed these matters of ________,and it was written in the

book." ESTHER 9:32

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