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Daniel 2:10-13

10TheChaldeansכַשְׂדָּאֵ֤יkhas.da.iH3779answeredbeforethekingמַלְכָּא֙mal.Ka'H4430,andsaidוְאָ֣מְרִ֔יןve.'A.me.RinH560,ThereisnotamanH606upontheearththatcanshowtheking’sמַלְכָּ֔אmal.Ka'H4430matterH4406, forasmuchasnokingמֶ֙לֶךְ֙Me.lekhH4430, lord,orruler, hathaskedשְׁאֵ֔לshe.'ElH7593suchathingofanymagicianH2749,orenchanter,orChaldeanוְכַשְׂדָּֽי׃ve.khas.DaiH3779.

11Anditisa rarethingthatthekingמַלְכָּ֤הmal.Kah'H4430requireth,andthereisnootherthatcanshowitbeforethekingמַלְכָּ֑אmal.Ka'H4430,exceptthegodsאֱלָהִ֔ין'e.la.HinH426,whosedwellingמְדָ֣רְה֔וֹןme.Da.re.HonH4070isnotwithflesh.

12Forthiscausethekingמַלְכָּ֕אmal.Ka'H4430wasangryandveryfurious,andcommandedtodestroyלְה֣וֹבָדָ֔הle.Hoa.DahH7allthewiseחַכִּימֵ֥יcha.ki.MeiH2445menofBabylonבָבֶֽל׃va.VelH895.

13Sothedecreeוְדָתָ֣אve.da.Ta'H1882wentforth,andthewiseוְחַכִּֽימַיָּ֖אve.cha.ki.mai.Ya'H2445menweretobeslain;andthey soughtDanielדָּנִיֵּ֥אלda.ni.YelH1841andhiscompanionstobeslain.

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