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ULT And the Jews accepted what they had begun to do and what Mordecai had written to them.

UST The Jews were already celebrating those days that way. So they readily agreed to do what Mordecai had instructed them to do.

BSB So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.

MSB (Same as BSB above)

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

WEBBE The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET  So the Jews committed themselves to continue what they had begun to do and to what Mordecai had written to them.

LSV And the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai has written to them,

FBV The Jews agreed to continue what they had already started doing, following what Mordecai had written to them.

T4T So the Jews agreed to do what Mordecai wrote. They agreed to celebrate on those days every year.

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

BBE And the Jews gave their word to go on as they had been doing and as Mordecai had given them orders in writing;

Moff So the Jews undertook to keep this as a yearly custom, as Mordecai had written to them.

JPS And the Jews took upon them to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

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

DRA And the Jews undertook to observe with solemnity all they had begun to do at that time, which Mardochai by letters had commanded to be done.

YLT And the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai hath written unto them,

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

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

SLT And the Jews admitting what they began to do, and what Mordecai wrote to them.

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

KJB-1769 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

KJB-1611 And the Iewes vndertooke to doe, as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written vnto them:
   (And the Yews undertooke to do, as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them:)

Bshps And the Iewes promised to do as they had begunne, and as Mardocheus had written vnto them:
   (And the Yews promised to do as they had begunne, and as Mordecai had written unto them:)

Gnva And the Iewes promised to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written vnto them,
   (And the Yews promised to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them, )

Cvdl And the Iewes receaued it that they had begonne to do, and that Mardocheus wrote vnto them:
   (And the Yews received it that they had begun to do, and that Mordecai wrote unto them:)

Wycl Forsothe the Jewis resseyueden in to solempne custom alle thingis, whiche thei bigunnen to do in that tyme, and whiche thingis Mardochee hadde comaundid bi lettris to be doon.
   (For_certain/Truly the Yews received in to solemn custom all things, which they began to do in that time, and which things Mordecai had commanded by lettris to be done.)

Luth Und die Juden nahmen‘s an, das sie angefangen hatten zu tun, und das Mardachai zu ihnen schrieb:
   (And the Yews tooken‘s an, the they/she/them begun had to/for do/put, and the Mardachai to/for to_them wrote:)

ClVg Susceperuntque Judæi in solemnem ritum cuncta quæ eo tempore facere cœperant, et quæ Mardochæus litteris facienda mandaverat.
   (Susceperuntque Jews in/into/on solemnem ritual everything which by_him at_the_time to_do cœperant, and which Mardochæus litteris to_be_done had_ordered. )