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<p>of date:</p>

<p>The book itself describes the naming of the holiday after the lots (Esther 9:26):</p>

<p><big>Purim narrative</big></p>
<p>The <a href="page.php?w=Scroll_of_Esther">Scroll of Esther</a> begins with a 180-day drinking feast given by King <a href="page.php?w=Ahasuerus">Ahasuerus</a> of the <a href="page.php?w=Achaemenid_Empire">Persian Empire</a> for the army and <a href="page.php?w=Media_%28region%29">Media</a> and the <a href="page.php?w=satraps">satraps</a> and princes of the 127 provinces of his kingdom, concluding with a seven-day</p><p>
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