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Daniel 6:4-9

4ThenH116thepresidentsandthesatrapsH324soughttofindapretextagainstDanielH1841withrespecttothekingdomH4437;buttheycouldnot findanypretextorfault; inasmuchashewasfaithful, neitherwasthereanyerrororfault foundinhim.

5ThenH116said these men,WeshallnotfindH7912anypretextagainstthisDanielH1841, unlesswefindH7912[it]againsthim touchingthelawofhisGod.

6ThenH116thesepresidentsandsatraps cameinabodytotheking,andsaidH560thusunto him: King Darius, liveforever!

7Allthepresidentsofthekingdom,theprefects,andthesatrapsH324,thecounsellors,andthegovernorshaveconsulted togethertoestablisharoyalstatute,andtomakeafirm decree,thatwhosoever shall askapetitionofany godormanforthirty days, exceptofthee, OkingH4430,heshall be cast intothedenoflions.

8Now, OkingH4430,establishH6966thedecree,andsignthewriting,thatitbenot changed,accordingH4481tothelawoftheMedesandPersians,whichmay notberevoked.

9ThereforekingH4430DariussignedH7560thewritingandthedecreeH1882.

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