My body and my mind may become weak, but God will always keep me safe and strong. Psalms 73:26 我的肉體和我的心腸衰殘； 但上帝是我心裏的力量， 又是我的福分，直到永遠。 詩篇 73:26
So the Jews could do what they wanted with their enemies. They could kill them. In the city (Susa), the Jews killed 500 men. On the 14th day of the month called Adar the Jews killed 300 men in Susa. But they did not take the things of the people that they killed. In the […]
In all the kingdom, the Jews had feasts and they were very happy. Many people became Jews because of what happened. Esther 8:17 王的諭旨所到的各省各城，猶大人都歡喜快樂，設擺筵宴，以那日為吉日。那國的人民，有許多因懼怕猶大人，就入了猶大籍。 以斯帖記 8:17
Queen Esther replied, ‘I hope that you are happy with me. And perhaps you want to give me what I ask. If you do, please let me live. And let my people live. That is what I want. Someone has sold me and my people so that we will die. If he had sold us […]
After this, Mordecai returned to the King’s Gate. But Haman hurried home. He covered his face because he was ashamed and angry. He was ashamed and angry about what had happened. He told his wife and friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wife, Zeresh, and his friends who knew the law said, […]
Mordecai sent back this answer. ‘Do not think that you, in the king’s palace, will be safer than all the other Jews. If you do not speak on behalf of the Jews at this time, help will come from another place. But you and your family will die. But perhaps you are queen for a […]
The officers at the King’s Gate said to Mordecai, ‘You are not obeying the king’s law and you should obey it.’ They said this to Mordecai every day. But he would not bend his body down to Haman. So the officers told Haman that Mordecai would not bend his body down to him. Mordecai had […]
So I purified the priests and Levites. I made them clean from anything foreign. I told them what they should do. I gave to each man a special job. I also made sure that people brought wood for the altar. I made them bring their first fruits. Remember me, my God. And please be good […]
On that day, we read the book of Moses to the people. The people listened to what Moses had written in the book. One of the laws said that no descendant of Ammon or Moab should be among the people of God. This was because they had not given the Jews food and water. But […]
The people chose men to take care of the rooms where they kept the first fruits and tithes. They had to bring the tithes and the first fruits from the fields near the town. They read this in the law. These were for the Levites and priests. The work of the priests and Levites gave […]
