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Est 9:26 (KJV) — Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,

Est 9:26 (NASB) — Therefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. *And because of the instructions in this letter, both what they had seen in this regard and what had happened to them,