Esther 9:27
"The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;"
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- Zechariah 2:11
"And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 56:6
"Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant;"
Read in chapter → - Esther 8:17
"And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them."
Read in chapter → - Isaiah 56:3
"Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree."
Read in chapter → - 1 Samuel 30:25
"And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day."
Read in chapter → - Joshua 9:15
"And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them."
Read in chapter → - Deuteronomy 29:14
"Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;"
Read in chapter → - 2 Samuel 21:1
"Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites."
Read in chapter → - Esther 9:21
"To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,"
Read in chapter → - Zechariah 8:23
"Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you."
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