Daniel 6:4–9

⁴Then the presidents and satraps have been seeking to find a cause of complaint against Daniel concerning the kingdom, and any cause of complaint and corruption they are not able to find, because that he is faithful, and any error and corruption have not been found in him. ⁵Then these men are saying, ‘We do not find against this Daniel any cause of complaint, except we have found it against him in the law of his God.’

⁶Then these presidents and satraps have assembled near the king, and thus they are saying to him: ‘O king Darius, to the ages live! ⁷Taken counsel have all the presidents of the kingdom, the prefects, and the satraps, the counsellors, and the governors, to establish a royal statute, and to strengthen an interdict, that any who seeketh a petition from any god and man until thirty days, save of thee, O king, is cast into a den of lions. ⁸Now, O king, thou dost establish the interdict, and sign the writing, that it is not to be changed, as a law of Media and Persia, that doth not pass away.’ ⁹Therefore king Darius hath signed the writing and interdict.