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Nebuchadnezzar the kingmade an image of gold, the height of which was sixtycubits and its widthsixcubits; he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon.
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Then Nebuchadnezzar the kingsent word to assemble the satraps, the prefects and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates and all the rulers of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
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Then the satraps, the prefects and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates and all the rulers of the provinces were assembled for the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stoodbefore the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
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that at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe and allkinds of music, you are to falldown and worship the goldenimage that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up.
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Therefore** at that time, whenall the peoplesheard the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe and allkinds of music, all the peoples, nations and men of every languagefelldown and worshiped the goldenimage that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.