All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
What does Daniel 6:7 mean?
To forbid prayer for thirty days, is, for so long, to rob God of all the tribute he has from man, and to rob man of all the comfort he has in God.
Key themes
HopePrayerWisdomSalvationExile
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Keep this verse inside Daniel 6:6-9 and alongside a few nearby related passages.