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Daniel said, "All right! That lie will cost you your life; God's angel is waiting with his sword in his hand, ready to cut you in two. Then we shall be rid of you both."
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Then all the people shouted and praised God, who saves those who put their trust in him.
61
They turned against the two judges because Daniel had proved that they had lied under oath.
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The Law of Moses states that people who give false testimony shall receive the same punishment that the accused person would have received. And so the two judges were put to death, and the life of an innocent woman was saved.
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Susanna's parents, her husband, and all her relatives praised God because she had been proved innocent of the charges.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.