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Daniel was very close to the king, who held him in higher esteem than any of his other friends. (Daniel 14, 2)
The Babylonians had an idol called Bel, to which twelve bushels of fine flour, forty sheep, and six measures of wine were offered daily. (Daniel 14, 3)
And the king asked him, "Why don't you worship Bel?" Daniel answered, "I worship no man-made idols, but only the living God who made heaven and earth and rules over all mankind." (Daniel 14, 5)
Enraged, the king called his priests and said to them, "If you will not tell me who consumes all these offerings, you will all die. (Daniel 14, 8)
But if you can show that Bel consumes them, it is Daniel who will die for blaspheming." Daniel said to the king, "Let it be as you say." (Daniel 14, 9)
There were seventy priests of Bel, besides their wives and children. Together with Daniel, the king went to Bel's temple. (Daniel 14, 10)
The priests said to the king, "See, we are going outside. We will leave you here inside, O king, to set out the food and prepare the wine. Then you can leave them, shut the door and seal it with your ring. (Daniel 14, 11)
You will return in the morning, and if you find that Bel has not eaten the food and drunk the wine, we are ready to be executed. But if the reverse happens, Daniel must die for telling lies and slandering us." (Daniel 14, 12)
When the priests had left, the king set the food before Bel, while Daniel ordered his servants to scatter ashes all over the temple floor. Then they left after shutting the door and sealing it with the king's ring. (Daniel 14, 14)
That night the priests and their wives and children came and, as usual, ate and drank the offerings. (Daniel 14, 15)
Daniel laughed, and restraining the king from entering, he said, "But look at the floor and see whose footprints these are." (Daniel 14, 19)
Enraged, the king ordered the priests and their wives and children to be seized. They were compelled to show him the secret door through which they used to enter to consume the offerings on the table. (Daniel 14, 21)
