Daniel 5:24; Daniel 5:25; Daniel 6:8; Daniel 6:9; Daniel 6:10; Daniel 6:12; Daniel 6:13

Daniel 5:24

24 "Then the hand was sent from Him and this inscription was written out.

Daniel 5:25

25 "Now this is the inscription that was written out: 'MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.'

Daniel 6:8

8 "Now, O king, establish the injunction and sign the document so that it may not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked."

Daniel 6:9

9 Therefore King Darius signed the document, that is, the injunction.

Daniel 6:10

10 Now when Daniel knew that the document was signed, he entered his house (now in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem ); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, as he had been doing previously.

Daniel 6:12

12 Then they approached and spoke before the king about the king's injunction, "Did you not sign an injunction that any man who makes a petition to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, is to be cast into the lions' den?" The king replied, "The statement is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked."

Daniel 6:13

13 Then they answered and spoke before the king, "Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the injunction which you signed, but keeps making his petition three times a day."