Esther 9:24–28

²⁴For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had schemed against the Jews to destroy them and ^ahad cast Pur, that is the lot, to disturb them and destroy them.

²⁵But ^awhen it came ¹to the king’s attention, he commanded by letter ^bthat his wicked scheme which he had ²devised against the Jews, ^cshould return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the ³gallows.

²⁶Therefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. ¹And ^abecause of the instructions in this letter, both what they had seen in this regard and what had happened to them,

²⁷the Jews established and ¹made a custom for themselves and for their ²descendants and for ^aall those who allied themselves with them, so that ³they would not fail ^bto celebrate these two days according to their ⁴regulation and according to their appointed time annually.

²⁸So these days were to be remembered and celebrated throughout every generation, every family, every province and every city; and these days of Purim were not to ¹fail from among the Jews, or their memory ²fade from their ³descendants.