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14:7. And the king being angry, called for his priests, and siad to
them: If you tell me not who it is that eateth up these expenses, you
shall die.
14:8. But if you can shew that Bel eateth these things, Daniel shall
die, because he hath blasphemed against Bel. And Daniel said to the
king: Be it done according to thy word.
14:9. Now the priests of Bel were seventy, beside their wives, and
little ones, and children. And the king went with Daniel into the temple
of Bel.
14:10. And the priests of Bel said: Behold, we go out: and do thou, O
king, set on the meats, and make ready the wine, and shut the door fast,
and seal it with thy own ring:
14:11. And when thou comest in the morning, if thou findest not that Bel
hath eaten up all, we will suffer death, or else Daniel, that hath lied
against us.
14:12. And they little regarded it, because they had made under the
table a secret entrance, and they always came in by it, and consumed
those things.
14:13. So it came to pass after they were gone out, the king set the
meats before Bel: and Daniel commanded his servants, and they brought
ashes, and he sifted them all over the temple before the king: and going
forth, they shut the door, and having sealed it with the king's ring,
they departed.
14:14. But the priests went in by night, according to their custom, with
their wives, and their children: and they eat and drank up all.
14:15. And the king arose early in the morning, and Daniel with him.
14:16. And the king said: Are the seals whole, Daniel? And he answered:
They lare whole, O king.
14:17. And as soon as he had opened the door, the king looked upon the
table, and cried out with a loud voice: Great art thou, O Bel, and there
is not any deceit with thee.
14:18. And Daniel laughed: and he held the king, that he should not go
in: and he said: Behold the pavement, mark whose footsteps these are.
14:19. And the king said: I see the footsteps of men, and women, and
children. And the king was angry.
14:20. Then he took the priests, and their wives, and their children:
and they shewed him the private doors by which they came in, and
consumed the things that were on the table.
14:21. The king, therefore, put them to death, and delivered Bel into
the power of Daniel: who destroyed him and his temple.
14:22. And there was a great dragon in that place, and the Babylonians
worshipped him.
14:23. And the king said to Daniel: Behold, thou canst not say now, that
this is not a living god: adore him, therefore.
14:24. And Daniel said: I adore the Lord, my God: for he is the living
God: but that is no living god.
14:25. But give me leave, O king, and I will kill this dreagon without
sword or club. And the king said, I give thee leave.
14:26. Then Daniel took pitch, and fat, and hair, and boiled them
together: and he made lumps, and put them into the dragon's mouth, and
the dragon burst asunder. And he said: Behold him whom you worship.
14:27. And when the Babylonians had heard this, they took great
indignation: and being gathered together against the king, they said:
The king is become a Jew. He hath destroyed Bel, he hath killed the
dragon, and he hath put the priests to death.
14:28. And they came to the king, and said: Deliver us Daniel, or else
we will destroy thee and thy house.
14:29. And the king saw that they pressed upon him violently: and being
constrained by necessity: he delivered Daniel to them.
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