13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenances of the children that eat of the portion of the King’s meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.

14 So he consented to them in this matter, an proved them ten days.

15 And at the end of ten days, their [a]countenances appeared fairer, and in [b]better liking than all the children’s, which did eat the portion of the King’s meat.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 1:15 This bare feeding and that also of Moses, when he fled from the court of Egypt, declareth that we must live in such sobriety as God doth call us unto, seeing he will make it more profitable unto us than all dainties: for his blessing only sufficeth.
  2. Daniel 1:15 Hebrew, fatter in flesh.

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