Daniel 6:12 (KJV)

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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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they. Da 3:8-12 Ac 16:19 Ac 16:24 Ac 24:2-9

The thing. Da 6:8 Es 1:19

the den.It is probable that these lions were kept for the purpose of devouring certain criminals, whom the laws might consign to that kind of death.

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