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Daniel 13:54 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Now then, if you saw her, tell me, under which tree did you see them companying together?” He answered, “Under a mastick tree.” "
Daniel 13:54
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52 So when they were put apart one from another, he called one of them, and said to him, “O you who have become old in wickedness, now your sins have returned which you have committed before,
53 in pronouncing unjust judgment, condemning the innocent, and letting the guilty go free; although the Lord says, ‘You shall not kill the innocent and righteous.’
54 Now then, if you saw her, tell me, under which tree did you see them companying together?” He answered, “Under a mastick tree.”
55 And Daniel said, “You have certainly lied against your own head; for even now the angel of God has received the sentence of God and will cut you in two.”
56 So he put him aside, and commanded to bring the other, and said to him, “O you seed of Canaan, and not of Judah, beauty has deceived you, and lust has perverted your heart.
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Daniel 13:1
"A man lived in Babylon, and his name was Joakim."
Daniel 13:2
"He took a wife, whose name was Susanna, the daughter of Helkias, a very fair woman, and one who feared the Lord."
Daniel 13:3
"Her parents were also righteous, and taught their daughter according to the law of Moses."
Daniel 13:4
"Now Joakim was a great rich man, and had a beautiful garden next to his house. The Jews used to come to him, because he was more honorable than all others."
Daniel 13:5
"The same year, two of the elders of the people were appointed to be judges, such as the Lord spoke of, that wickedness came from Babylon from elders who were judges, who were supposed to govern the people."
Daniel 13:6
"These were often at Joakim’s house. All that had any lawsuits came to them."
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