⁸ Now, O king, ^(A)establish the injunction and sign the document so that it will not be changed, according to the ^(B)law of the Medes and Persians, which ^[a]may not be revoked.”

¹² Then they approached and ^(A)spoke before the king about the king’s injunction: “Did you not sign an injunction that any person who offers a prayer to any god or person besides you, O king, for thirty days, is to be thrown into the lions’ den?” The king replied, “The statement is true, according to the ^(B)law of the Medes and Persians, which ^[a]may not be revoked.”

¹⁵ Then these men came ^[a]by agreement to the king and said to the king, “Recognize, O king, that it is a ^(A)law of the Medes and Persians that no injunction or statute which the king establishes may be changed.”