Alla rikets furstar, landshövdingar och satraper, rådsherrar och ståthållare har enats om att en kunglig förordning borde antas och ett påbud utfärdas, att vem som helst som under trettio dagar ber till någon annan, gud eller människa, än till dig, o konung, han skall kastas i lejongropen.

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The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors(A) have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions’ den.(B)

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All the governors of the kingdom, the administrators and satraps, the counselors and advisors, have (A)consulted together to establish a royal statute and to make a firm decree, that whoever petitions any god or man for thirty days, except you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.

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