Daniel 3
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Daniel 3:1-5

1Nebuchadnezzar the king made an 1image of gold, the height of which was sixty 2cubits and its width six 3cubits; he set it up on the plain of Dura in the 4province of Babylon.

2Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent word to assemble the 5satraps, the prefects and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates and all the rulers of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

3Then the satraps, the prefects and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates and all the rulers of the provinces were assembled for the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

4Then the herald loudly proclaimed: “To you 6the command is given, 7O peoples, nations and men of every 8language,

5that at the moment you 9hear the sound of the horn, flute, 10lyre, 11trigon, 12psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up.

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Notes

  1. 1. Daniel 3:1 1 Kin 12:28; Is 46:6; Jer 16:20; Dan 2:31; Hos 2:8; 8:4; Hab 2:19 ↩
  2. 2. Daniel 3:1 I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in. ↩
  3. 3. Daniel 3:1 I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in. ↩
  4. 4. Daniel 3:1 Dan 2:48; 3:30 ↩
  5. 5. Daniel 3:2 Dan 3:3, 27; 6:1-7 ↩
  6. 6. Daniel 3:4 Lit they command ↩
  7. 7. Daniel 3:4 Dan 3:7; 4:1; 6:25 ↩
  8. 8. Daniel 3:4 Lit tongue ↩
  9. 9. Daniel 3:5 Dan 3:7, 10, 15 ↩
  10. 10. Daniel 3:5 Or zither ↩
  11. 11. Daniel 3:5 I.e. triangular lyre ↩
  12. 12. Daniel 3:5 Or a type of harp ↩

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