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Now the Babylonians had an idol named Bel. Each day they supplied it with twelve bushels of fine flour, forty sheep, and sixty gallons
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The king honored Bel and worshipped it daily, but Daniel worshipped his own God. So the king said to him, "Why don''t you worship Bel?"
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He said, "I don''t honor idols made by humans, rather the living God who created heaven and earth and has authority over all living things."
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The king said to him, "You believe Bel is a living god, don''t you? Haven''t you seen how much he eats and drinks every day?"
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Daniel laughed and said, "Don''t be taken in, Your Majesty! This is clay on the inside and brass on the outside. It hasn''t eaten or drunk anything, ever!"