23 So the Jews agreed to continue the celebration they had begun, doing what Mordecai had written to them.

23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

23 So the Jews accepted Mordecai’s proposal and adopted this annual custom.

23 So the Jews accepted the custom which they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them,

23 So the Jewish people agreed to do what Mordecai had written to them, and they agreed to hold the celebration every year.

23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them.

23 So the Jews accepted as tradition what they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them.

23 So the Jews agreed to continue the practice they had begun, as Mordecai had written them to do.

23 So the Jews adopted as a custom what they had begun to do, as Mordecai had written to them.

23 And the Jews adopted what they had begun to do and what Mordecai had written to them.

23 So the Jews agreed to continue the celebrating they had started. They kept doing what Mordecai had written to them.

23 Thus the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.