Daniel 3:8-12
Worship of the Image Refused
8 For this reason at that time certain aChaldeans came forward and ▼▼Lit ate the pieces of
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cbrought charges against the Jews. 9They began to speak and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king: “ dO king, live forever! 10You, O king, have emade a decree that every person who hears the sound of the horn, flute, ▼▼See notes v 5
lyre, trigon, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of musical instruments, is to gfall down and worship the golden statue. 11But whoever does not fall down and worship shall be thrown into the middle of a furnace of blazing fire. 12There are certain Jews whom you have happointed over the administration of the province of Babylon, namely Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. These men, O king, have disregarded you; they do not serve your gods, nor do they worship the golden statue which you have set up.”
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