Ye shall therefore among your solemn feasts keep it an high day with all feasting:
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Days. A festival was kept in memory of the destruction of the magi, in which this king was a principal actor. (Herodotus iii. 79.)
The Persians were ordered to keep the 13th of Adar, on account of the preservation of the royal family, and the ruin of a great enemy. (Calmet)
