Esther 8:17
Christian Standard Bible
17 In every province and every city where the king’s command and edict reached, gladness and joy took place among the Jews. There was a celebration and a holiday.[a](A) And many of the ethnic groups of the land professed themselves to be Jews because fear of the Jews(B) had overcome them.
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- 8:17 Lit good day
Isaiah 56:3
Christian Standard Bible
3 No foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord
should say,
“The Lord will exclude me from his people,”(A)
and the eunuch should not say,
“Look, I am a dried-up tree.”(B)
Isaiah 56:6
Christian Standard Bible
6 As for the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord
to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord,
and to become his servants—
all who keep the Sabbath without desecrating it
and who hold firmly to my covenant—
Zechariah 2:11
Christian Standard Bible
11 “Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on that day and become my[a] people.(A) I will dwell among you, and you will know that the Lord of Armies has sent me to you.
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- 2:11 LXX, Syr read his
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