2 Maccabees 15:36

36 And they all ordained by a common decree, by no means to let this day pass without solemnity:

2 Maccabees 15:36 — New Revised Standard Version: Updated Edition (NRSVue)

36 And they all decreed by public vote never to let this day go unobserved but to celebrate the thirteenth day of the twelfth month—which is called Adar in the Aramaic language—the day before Mordecai’s day.

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