Esther 8:15

Esther 8:15

13 ^aA copy of the document was to be issued as a decree in every province and published for all people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.

14 The couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s command. And the decree was issued in¹ Shushan the citadel.

15 So Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of¹ blue and white, with a great crown of gold and a garment of fine linen and purple; and ^athe city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

16 The Jews had ^alight and gladness, joy and honor.

17 And in every province and city, wherever the king’s command and decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast ^aand a holiday. Then many of the people of the land ^bbecame Jews, because ^cfear of the Jews fell upon them.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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MORDECAI'S HONORS, AND THE JEWS' JOY. (Esther 8:15-17)

Mordecai went out . . . in royal apparel—He was invested with the khelaat of official honor. A dress of blue and white was held in great estimation among the Persians; so that Mordecai, whom the king delighted to honor, was in fact arrayed in the royal dress and insignia. The variety and the kind of insignia worn by a favorite at once makes known to the people the particular dignity to which he has been raised.

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