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Daniel 6:5-7
Common English Bible
Daniel 6:5-7
Common English Bible
5 So these men said, “We won’t find any fault in Daniel, unless we can find something to use against him from his religious practice.”[a]
6 So these officers and chief administrators ganged together and went to the king. They said to him, “Long live King Darius! 7 All the officers of the kingdom, the ministers, the chief administrators, the royal associates, and the governors advise the king to issue an edict and enforce a law, that for thirty days anyone who says prayers to any god or human being except you, Your Majesty, will be thrown into a pit of lions.
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- Daniel 6:5 Or in the Instruction of his God
Daniel 6:5-7
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Daniel 6:5-7
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5 Finally these men said, “We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has something to do with the law of his God.”(A)
6 So these administrators and satraps went as a group to the king and said: “May King Darius live forever!(B) 7 The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors(C) have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions’ den.(D)
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