Daniel 6:10-12

New International Reader's Version

¹⁰ Daniel found out that the king had signed the order. In spite of that, he did just as he had always done before. He went home to his upstairs room. Its windows opened toward Jerusalem. He went to his room three times a day to pray. He got down on his knees and gave thanks to his God. ¹¹ Some of the other royal officials went to where Daniel was staying. They saw him praying and asking God for help. ¹² So they went to the king. They spoke to him about his royal order. They said, “Your Majesty, didn’t you sign an official order? It said that for the next 30 days your people could pray only to you. They could not pray to anyone else, whether god or human being. If they did, they would be thrown into the lions’ den.”

The king answered, “The order must still be obeyed. It’s what the law of the Medes and Persians requires. So it can’t be changed.”