Daniel 1
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Daniel 1:12-16

12“PleaseH4994 putH5254 your servantsH5650 toH5254 theH5254 testH5254 for tenH6235 daysH3117, and let us be 1givenH5414 someH4480 vegetablesH2235 to eatH398 and waterH4325 to drinkH8354. 13Then let our appearanceH4758 be 2examinedH7200 in your presenceH6440 and the appearanceH4758 of the youthsH3206 whoH834 are eatingH398 the king’sH4428 choiceH6598 foodH6598; and dealH6213 with your servantsH5650 according to whatH3512 you seeH7200.”

14So he listenedH8085 to them in thisH2088 matterH1697, and putH5254 them toH5254 theH5254 testH5254 for tenH6235 daysH3117. 15And at the endH7117 of tenH6235 daysH3117 their appearanceH4758 seemedH7200 3betterH2896, and 4they were fatterH1277H1320 thanH4480 allH3605 the youthsH3206 whoH834 had been eatingH398 the king’sH4428 choiceH6598 foodH6598. 16So the overseerH4453 continuedH1961 to 5withholdH5375 their choiceH6598 foodH6598 and the wineH3196 they were to drinkH4960, and keptH5414 6givingH5414 them vegetablesH2235.

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Notes

  1. 1. Daniel 1:12 Dan 1:16 ↩
  2. 2. Daniel 1:13 Lit seen ↩
  3. 3. Daniel 1:15 Ex 23:25; Prov 10:22 ↩
  4. 4. Daniel 1:15 Lit fat of flesh ↩
  5. 5. Daniel 1:16 Lit take away ↩
  6. 6. Daniel 1:16 Dan 1:12 ↩

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