Esther 9:25-27

Good News Translation

²⁵ But Esther went to the king, and the king issued written orders with the result that Haman suffered the fate he had planned for the Jews—he and his sons were hanged from the gallows. ²⁶ That is why the holidays are called Purim. Because of Mordecai's letter and because of all that had happened to them, ²⁷ the Jews made it a rule for themselves, their descendants, and anyone who might become a Jew, that at the proper time each year these two days would be regularly observed according to Mordecai's instructions.