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That night, as usual, the priests with their wives and children came into the temple by the secret entrance and ate all the food and drank all the wine.
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Early the next morning, the king and Daniel went to the temple.
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The king asked, "Have the seals been broken, Daniel?" "No, Your Majesty, they have not been broken," he replied.
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As soon as the door was opened, the king saw the empty table and shouted, "You are great, O Bel! You really are a god."
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But Daniel began to laugh and said to the king, "Before you enter the temple, look at the floor and tell me whose footprints you see there."
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.