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Daniel 6:8-10
New English Translation
Daniel 6:8-10
New English Translation
8 Now let the king issue a written interdict[a] so that it cannot be altered, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed.”[b] 9 So King Darius issued the written interdict.
10 When Daniel realized[c] that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows[d] in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three[e] times daily he was[f] kneeling[g] and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.
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- Daniel 6:8 tn Aram “establish a written interdict and inscribe a written decree.”
- Daniel 6:8 tn Or “removed.”
- Daniel 6:10 tn Aram “knew.”
- Daniel 6:10 sn In later rabbinic thought this verse was sometimes cited as a proof text for the notion that one should pray only in a house with windows (see b. Berakhot 34b).
- Daniel 6:10 sn This is apparently the only specific mention in the OT of prayer being regularly offered three times a day. The practice was probably not unique to Daniel, however.
- Daniel 6:10 tc Read with several medieval Hebrew mss and printed editions הֲוָה (havah, “he was”) rather than the MT הוּא (huʾ, “he”).
- Daniel 6:10 tn Aram “kneeling on his knees” (so NASB).sn No specific posture for offering prayers is prescribed in the OT. Kneeling, as here, and standing were both practiced.
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