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Daniel 6:1-13

1It pleasedDariusH1868toset overthekingdomH4437a hundredandtwenty satraps, who should be throughoutthewholekingdomH4437;

2andoverthem three presidents,ofwhomDanielwasone;thatthesesatrapsH324might giveaccountunto them,andthattheking shouldhaveno damage.

3ThenthisDanielH1841wasdistinguished abovethepresidentsandthesatrapsH324,becausean excellent spiritwasinhim;andthekingH4430thoughttosethimoverthewhole realm.

4ThenH116thepresidentsandthesatrapsH324soughttofind occasionagainstDanielH1841astouchingthekingdomH4437;buttheycouldfind no occasion nor fault, forasmuchashewasfaithful, neitherwasthereanyerrororfault foundinhim.

5ThenH116said these men,WeshallnotfindH7912anyoccasionagainstthisDanielH1841, exceptwefindH7912itagainsthimconcerningH5922thelawofhisGod.

6ThenH116thesepresidentsandsatraps assembled togethertotheking,andsaidH560thusunto him, King Darius, liveforever.

7Allthepresidentsofthekingdom,thedeputiesandthesatrapsH324,thecounsellorsandthegovernors,haveconsulted togethertoestablisharoyalstatute,andtomakeastrong interdict,thatwhosoever shall askapetitionofany godormanforthirty days, saveofthee, OkingH4430,heshall be cast intothedenoflions.

8Now, OkingH4430,establishH6966theinterdict,andsignthewriting,thatitbenot changed,accordingH4481tothelawoftheMedesandPersians,whichaltereth not.

9WhereforekingH4430DariussignedH7560thewritingandtheinterdict.

10Andwhen Daniel knewthatthewritingwassignedH7560, he went intohishouse (nowhiswindows were openinhischamber toward Jerusalem);andhe kneeled uponhisknees three times a day,andprayed,andgave thanksbeforehisGod,ashe did aforetime.

11Thenthesemen assembled together,andfoundDanielH1841makingH3046petitionandsupplicationbeforehisGodH426.

12ThenH116theycamenear,andspakebeforetheking concerningtheking’s interdict: Hast thou not signed an interdict,thateverymanH1400thatshall makepetitionunto anygodH426ormanH1400within thirty days, save unto thee, O king, shallbecast intothedenoflions?Theking answeredandsaid,Thethingistrue, accordingtothelawoftheMedesandPersians, which altereth not.

13ThenH116answeredtheyandsaidH560beforethekingH4430,ThatDaniel,whoisofthechildrenofthecaptivityofJudah, regardethnotthee, OkingH4430,northeinterdictthatthou hastsignedH7560,butmakethhispetitionthree timesadayH3118.

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