⁵ Finally these men said, “We will never find any reason to accuse Daniel unless it is about the law of his God.”

⁶ So the ·supervisors [presidents; heads] and ·governors [^Lsatraps] ·went as a group to [or conspired against] the king and said: “King Darius, live forever! ⁷ The ·supervisors [presidents; heads], ·assistant governors [prefects], ·governors [^Lsatraps], ·the people who advise you [counselors], and the ·captains of the soldiers [governors] have ·all agreed [taken counsel] that you should ·make a new law [issue a decree] ·for everyone to obey [and enforce an edict]: For the next thirty days no one should pray to any god or human except to you, O king. Anyone who doesn’t obey will be thrown into the lions’ den.