Esther 9:23
The Feast of Purim Instituted
22as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.23So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.24For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.
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Berean Standard Bible
So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.
American Standard Version (1901)
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
Bible in Basic English
And the Jews gave their word to go on as they had been doing and as Mordecai had given them orders in writing;
Free Bible Version
The Jews agreed to continue what they had already started doing, following what Mordecai had written to them.
Geneva Bible 1599
And the Iewes promised to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written vnto them,
King James (Authorized) Version
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
Translation for Translators
So the Jews agreed to do what Mordecai wrote. They agreed to celebrate on those days every year.
Unlocked Literal Bible
So the Jews continued the celebration they had begun, doing what Mordecai had written to them.
Noah Webster Bible
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them;
World English Bible
The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them,
Young's Literal Translation
And the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai hath written unto them,