And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,
Parallel translations
- WEB He sent letters to all the Jews, to the hundred twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
- KJV And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
- NKJV And Mordecai sent letters to all the Jews, to the one hundred and twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,
- NASB He sent letters to all the Jews, to the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, namely, words of peace and truth,
- NLT Letters wishing peace and security were sent to the Jews throughout the 127 provinces of the empire of Xerxes.
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Letters went out to the Jews in all 127 provinces with words of peace and truth. The festival is established empire-wide on a foundation of integrity.
Overview
The vast reach of 127 provinces underscores how widely scattered God's people were, and how completely they had been delivered. Sending 'words of peace and truth' frames Purim not as triumphalism but as a testimony grounded in faithfulness. The peace secured for the exiles points to the deeper peace God grants His people through their Redeemer.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Esth 1:1This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
- Esth 8:9At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
- Zech 8:19“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”
- Isa 39:8But Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD that you have spoken is good.” For he thought, “At least there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”
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