Bel and the Dragon 6-8

Revised Standard Version

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 Then Daniel laughed, and said, “Do not be deceived, O king; for this is but clay inside and brass outside, and it never ate or drank anything.”

⁸ Then the king was angry, and he called his priests and said to them, “If you do not tell me who is eating these provisions, you shall die.