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Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and said, "O eternal God, you know what is secret and are aware of all things before they come to be;
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you know that these men have given false evidence against me. And now I am to die, though I have done none of the wicked things that they have charged against me!"
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The Lord heard her cry.
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Just as she was being led off to execution, God stirred up the holy spirit of a young lad named Daniel,
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and he shouted with a loud voice, "I want no part in shedding this woman's blood!"
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All the people turned to him and asked, "What is this you are saying?"
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Taking his stand among them he said, "Are you such fools, O Israelites, as to condemn a daughter of Israel without examination and without learning the facts?
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Return to court, for these men have given false evidence against her."
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So all the people hurried back. And the rest of the elders said to him, "Come, sit among us and inform us, for God has given you the standing of an elder."
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Daniel said to them, "Separate them far from each other, and I will examine them."
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When they were separated from each other, he summoned one of them and said to him, "You old relic of wicked days, your sins have now come home, which you have committed in the past,