Quotes about Celebration
Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.
— Esther 1:6
Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes.
— Esther 1:9
On the seventh day, when the king’s heart was merry with wine, he ordered the seven eunuchs who served him—Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas—
— Esther 1:10
She was taken to King Xerxes in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
— Esther 2:16
“Hurry,” commanded the king, “and bring Haman, so we can do as Esther has requested.” So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
— Esther 5:5
For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.
— Esther 8:16
Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
— Esther 9:8
On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
— Esther 9:15
This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.
— Esther 9:17
The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.
— Esther 9:18
This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
— Esther 9:19
to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
— Esther 9:21