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I didn't eat any rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I didn't put any oil [on my body] until the three weeks were over.
Daniel 10:3 In-Context
1
In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a revelation was given to Daniel (who was called Belteshazzar). Its message was true and it concerned a great war. The understanding of the message came to him in a vision.
2
At that time I, Daniel, mourned for three weeks.
3
I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.
4
On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank of the great river, the Tigris,
5
I looked up and there before me was a man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.