Book of Daniel

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Daniel 5:23 (KJV) But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

 

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Daniel 5:24 (KJV) Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

 

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Daniel 5:25 (KJV) And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

 

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Daniel 5:26 (KJV) This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

 

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Daniel 5:27 (KJV) TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

 

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Daniel 5:28 (KJV) PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

 

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Daniel 5:29 (KJV) Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

 

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Daniel 5:30 (KJV) In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

 

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Daniel 5:31 (KJV) And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

 

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Daniel 6:1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;

 

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Daniel 6:2
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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Daniel 6:3
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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Daniel 6:4
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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Daniel 6:5
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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Daniel 6:6
Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

 

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Daniel 6:7
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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Dan 6:8 "Now, O king, establish the injunction and sign the document so that it may not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked."

 

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Daniel 6:9
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

 

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Daniel 6:10
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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Daniel 6:11 (KJV) Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.