John Gill's Exposition on Esther 9:20

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And Mordecai wrote these things, etc.] The transactions of those two days, and the causes of them, as well as the following letter; some conclude from hence that he was the penman of the book; and so he might be, but it does not necessarily follow from hence: and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus, both nigh and far; such as were near the city Shushan, and those that were at the greatest distance from it; these were more especially the things he wrote.

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