Esther 9:18-20

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁸ But, the Jews who were in Shushan assembled themselves on the thirteenth day, and on the fourteenth. And they rested on the fifteenth and kept it as a day of feasting and joy.

¹⁹ Therefore, the Jews of the villages, who dwelt in the un-walled towns, kept the fourteenth day of the month, Adar, with joy and feasting, a joyful holiday. And everyone sent presents to his neighbor.

²⁰ And Mordecai wrote these words and sent letters to all the Jews who were through all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,