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Daniel 3:23 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the middle of the burning fiery furnace. "
Daniel 3:23
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21 Then these men were bound in their pants, their tunics, their mantles, and their other clothes, and were cast into the middle of the burning fiery furnace.
22 Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
23 These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the middle of the burning fiery furnace.
24 They walked in the midst of the fire, praising God, and blessing the Lord.
25 Then Azarias stood, and prayed like this. Opening his mouth in the midst of the fire he said,
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Daniel 3:1
"Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon."
Daniel 3:2
"Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the local governors, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up."
Daniel 3:3
"Then the local governors, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up."
Daniel 3:4
"Then the herald cried aloud, “To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages,"
Daniel 3:5
"that whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up."
Daniel 3:6
"Whoever doesn’t fall down and worship shall be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace the same hour.”"
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