Bel and the Dragon 6-8

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁶ The king said to him, ‘Do you not think that Bel is a living god? Do you not see how much he eats and drinks every day?’ ⁷ And Daniel laughed, and said, ‘Do not be deceived, O king, for this thing is only clay inside and bronze outside, and it never ate or drank anything.’

⁸ Then the king was angry and called the priests of Bel^[a] and said to them, ‘If you do not tell me who is eating these provisions, you shall die.