Bel and the Snake 1:11

11 Bel''s priests said, "We''re going outside now. Your Majesty, you set out the food and mix the wine. Lock the door and seal it with your own seal. Early tomorrow, if you don''t find that Bel has eaten everything, you can kill us. Otherwise, kill Daniel for lying about us!" (

Bel and the Snake 1:11 In-Context

9 Daniel said to the king,"That''s fair enough." Now Bel had seventy priests plus their wives and children.

10 The king went with Daniel to Bel''s temple.

11 Bel''s priests said, "We''re going outside now. Your Majesty, you set out the food and mix the wine. Lock the door and seal it with your own seal. Early tomorrow, if you don''t find that Bel has eaten everything, you can kill us. Otherwise, kill Daniel for lying about us!" (

12 The priests weren''t worried because they had made a hidden entrance under the table, which they regularly used to enter to eat everything.)

13 When the priests went out, the king set out Bel''s food.