⁵ The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine^(A) from the king’s table.^(B) They were to be trained for three years,^(C) and after that they were to enter the king’s service.^(D)

⁸ But Daniel resolved not to defile^(A) himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way.

¹⁶ So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead.^(A)

³ I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips;^(A) and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.