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Daniel 6:11-17

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.

14ThenH116thekingH4430,whenheheard these words,wassore displeased,andsetH7761hisheartonDanielH1841todeliverhim;andhelabored tillthegoing downofthesuntorescuehim.

15ThenH116these men assembled together untothekingH4430,andsaid untothekingH4430, Know, OkingH4430,thatitisalawoftheMedesandPersians,thatno interdict nor statutewhichthekingH4430establisheth maybechanged.

16ThenH116thekingH4430commanded,andtheybrought Daniel,andcasthimintothedenoflions.NowthekingH4430spakeandsaidH560unto Daniel, Thy Godwhomthou servest continually,hewilldeliver thee.

17AndastonewasbroughtH858,andlaid uponthemouthofthedenH1358;andthekingH4430sealeditwithhisown signet,andwiththesignetofhislords;thatnothing mightbechanged concerningDanielH1841.

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