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Est 9:20 — And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that [were] in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, [both] nigh and far,

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

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		Exd 17:14; Deu 31:19-22; 1Ch 16:12; Psa 124:1-3; Psa 145:4-12; 2Cr 1:10,11
in all the provinces		Est 1:1,22; Est 3:12; Est 8:9

Correlating Passages

wrote these

	Exd 17:14	And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this [for] a memorial in a book, and rehearse [it] in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
	Deu 31:19	Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
	Deu 31:20	For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
	Deu 31:21	And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
	Deu 31:22	Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
	1Ch 16:12	Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
	Psa 124:1	[[A Song of degrees of David.]] If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;
	Psa 124:2	If [it had not been] the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
	Psa 124:3	Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:
	Psa 145:4	One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
	Psa 145:5	I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.
	Psa 145:6	And [men] shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.
	Psa 145:7	They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.
	Psa 145:8	The LORD [is] gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
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	2Cr 1:10	Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver [us];
	2Cr 1:11	Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift [bestowed] upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.

in all the provinces

	Est 1:1	Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this [is] Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, [over] an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)
	Est 1:22	For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that [it] should be published according to the language of every people.
	Est 3:12	Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that [were] over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and [to] every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.
	Est 8:9	Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that [is], the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which [are] from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

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Scott, Thomas. "Esther 9:20," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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