Bel 1:8

8 Then the king was angry and called the priests of Bel ^[a] and said to them, "If you do not tell me who is eating these provisions, you shall die.

Bel 1:8 In-Context

6 The king said to him, "Do you not think that Bel is a living god? Do you not see how much he eats and drinks every day?"

7 And Daniel laughed, and said, "Do not be deceived, O king, for this thing is only clay inside and bronze outside, and it never ate or drank anything."

8 Then the king was angry and called the priests of Bel and said to them, "If you do not tell me who is eating these provisions, you shall die.

9 But if you prove that Bel is eating them, Daniel shall die, because he has spoken blasphemy against Bel." Daniel said to the king, "Let it be done as you have said."

10 Now there were seventy priests of Bel, besides their wives and children. So the king went with Daniel into the temple of Bel.

Footnotes

• [a]. Gk [his priests]