Daniel 6:10

6:10 When Daniel realized15 that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows16 in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem.17 Three18 times daily he was19 kneeling20 and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.

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15	tn Aram “knew.”
16	sn In later rabbinic thought this verse was sometimes cited as a proof text for the notion that one should pray only in a house with windows. See b. Berakhot 34b.
17	map For the location of Jerusalem see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
18	sn This is apparently the only specific mention in the OT of prayer being regularly offered three times a day. The practice was probably not unique to Daniel, however.
19	tc Read with several medieval Hebrew mss and printed editions הֲוָה (havah) rather than the MT הוּא (hu’).
20	tn Aram “kneeling on his knees” (so NASB). sn No specific posture for offering prayers is prescribed in the OT. Kneeling, as here, and standing were both practiced.