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Daniel 6:4-9

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.

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