Daniel 6:1-12
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¶ It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
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And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
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Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
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Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
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Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
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¶ Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
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All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
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Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
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Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
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Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
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¶ Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
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Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
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