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And they little regarded it: for under the table they had made a privy entrance, whereby they entered in continually, and consumed those things.
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So when they were gone forth, the king set meats before Bel. Now Daniel had commanded his servants to bring ashes, and those they strewed throughout all the temple in the presence of the king alone: then went they out, and shut the door, and sealed it with the king's signet, and so departed.
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Now in the night came the priests with their wives and children, as they were wont to do, and did eat and drink up all.
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In the morning betime the king arose, and Daniel with him.
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And the king said, Daniel, are the seals whole? And he said, Yea, O king, they be whole.