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Dan. 6:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then they came neare, 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 alterethl not.

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Dan. 3:8• ⁸Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near and accused the Jews. (Dan. 3:8)

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Dan. 6:8• ⁸{i}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 may not be revoked.{/i} (Dan. 6:8)

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Dan. 3:8‑12• ⁸Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near and accused the Jews.
⁹{i}They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever!{/i}
¹⁰{i}Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of{/i} the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, {i}and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;{/i}
¹¹{i}and that whosoever doth not fall down and worship, shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace{/i}.
¹²There are certain Jews, whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. These men, O king, have not regarded thee; they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. (Dan. 3:8‑12)

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Acts 16:19,24• ¹⁹And when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they laid hold on, and dragged Paul and Silas into the market-place before the rulers;
²⁴who having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet into the stocks. (Acts 16:19,24)

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Acts 24:2‑9• ²And when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great peace, and by thy providence reforms are made for this nation,
³we accept [it] every way and everywhere, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.
⁴But that I be not further tedious to thee, I entreat thee to hear us briefly in thy clemency.
⁵For we found this man a pest, and moving insurrections among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,
⁶who also attempted to profane the temple; whom we also seized [and would have judged according to our law.
⁷But Lysias the commander came and with great violence took [him] away from our hands,
⁸commanding his accusers to come unto thee]; from whom thou wilt be able, by examining, thyself to take knowledge of all these things of which we accuse him.
⁹And the Jews joined in the attack, asserting that these things were so. (Acts 24:2‑9)

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.The thing.

Dan. 6:8• ⁸{i}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 may not be revoked.{/i} (Dan. 6:8)

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Esther 1:19• ¹⁹If it please the king, let there go forth a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, that Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she. (Esther 1:19)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king’s decree: Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask anything of any god or man within thirty days, except 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 may not be revoked.

W. Kelly Translation

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Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king’s decree: Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask anything of any god or man within thirty days, except 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 may not be revoked.

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)