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Bel and the Dragon 8-10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Bel and the Dragon 8-10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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.(A) 9 But if you prove that Bel is eating them, Daniel shall die because he has spoken blasphemy against Bel.” Daniel said to the king, “Let it be done as you have said.”(B)
10 Now there were seventy priests of Bel, besides their wives and children. So the king went with Daniel into the temple of Bel.
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