Daniel 6:5-9
Daniel 6:5
Then these men said, “We will not find any ground of accusation against this Daniel unless we find it against him regarding the law of his God.”
Daniel 6:6
Then these commissioners and satraps came by agreement to the king and spoke to him as follows: “King Darius, live forever!
Daniel 6:7
All the commissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together that the king should establish a statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who offers a prayer to any god or person besides you, O king, for thirty days, shall be thrown into the lions’ den.
Daniel 6:8
Now, O king, establish the injunction and sign the document so that it will not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked.”
Daniel 6:9
Thereupon, King Darius signed the document, that is, the injunction.