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Daniel 6:5 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Then these men said, “We won’t find any occasion against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.” "
Daniel 6:5
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3 Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the local governors, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
4 Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him.
5 Then these men said, “We won’t find any occasion against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.”
6 Then these presidents and local governors assembled together to the king, and said this to him, “King Darius, live forever!
7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the local governors, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong decree, that whoever asks a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
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Daniel 6:1
"It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty local governors, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;"
Daniel 6:2
"and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these local governors might give account to them, and that the king should suffer no loss."
Daniel 6:3
"Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the local governors, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm."
Daniel 6:4
"Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him."
Daniel 6:6
"Then these presidents and local governors assembled together to the king, and said this to him, “King Darius, live forever!"
Daniel 6:7
"All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the local governors, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong decree, that whoever asks a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions."
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