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Daniel 14:11 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" So Bel’s priests said, “Behold, we will leave; but you, O king, set out the food, and mix the wine and set it out, shut the door securely, and seal it with your own signet. "

Daniel 14:11

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9 But if you can show me that Bel devours them, then Daniel shall die; for he has spoken blasphemy against Bel.” Daniel said to the king, “Let it be according to your word.”

10 Now there were seventy priests of Bel, besides their wives and children. The king went with Daniel into Bel’s temple.

11 So Bel’s priests said, “Behold, we will leave; but you, O king, set out the food, and mix the wine and set it out, shut the door securely, and seal it with your own signet.

12 When you come in the morning, if you don’t find that Bel has eaten everything, we will suffer death, or else Daniel, who speaks falsely against us.”

13 They weren’t concerned, for under the table they had made a secret entrance, by which they entered in continually, and consumed those things.

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Daniel 14:1

"King Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus the Persian received his kingdom."

Daniel 14:2

"Daniel lived with the king, and was honored above all his friends."

Daniel 14:3

"Now the Babylonians had an idol called Bel, and every day twelve great measures of fine flour, forty sheep, and six firkins of wine were spent on it."

Daniel 14:4

"The king honored it and went daily to worship it; but Daniel worshiped his own God. The king said to him, “Why don’t you worship Bel?”"

Daniel 14:5

"He said, “Because I may not honor idols made with hands, but only the living God, who has created the sky and the earth, and has sovereignty over all flesh.”"

Daniel 14:6

"Then the king said to him, “Don’t you think that Bel is a living god? Don’t you see how much he eats and drinks every day?”"

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