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Esther 9:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

Mordecai: That is, as the words imply, the history contained in this book; and not merely the letters afterwards mentioned, as some understand it.

wrote these: Exodus 17:14; Deuteronomy 31:19-22; 1 Chronicles 16:12; Psalms 124:1-3, Psalms 145:4-12; 2 Corinthians 1:10-11

in all the provinces: Esther 1:1, Esther 1:22, Esther 3:12, Esther 8:9

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