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Daniel 1:8

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purposed: Ruth 1:17-18; 1 Kings 5:5; Psalms 119:106, Psalms 119:115; Acts 11:23; 1 Corinthians 7:37; 2 Corinthians 9:7

defile: Heathen nations not only ate unclean beasts, which were forbidden by Jewish law, but even the clean animals that were eaten were first offered as victims to their gods, and part of the wine was poured out as a libation on their altars. Hence Atheneus calls the beasts served up at the tables of the Persian kings, ιερια:, victims. Daniel was therefore resolved not to defile himself with their viands; yet he did not rudely refuse what was intended as a kindness, but mildly and modestly requested the proper officers to indulge him in this respect. Leviticus 11:45-47; Deuteronomy 32:38; Psalms 106:28, Psalms 141:4; Ezekiel 4:13-14; Hosea 9:3-4; Acts 10:14-16; Romans 14:15-17; 1 Corinthians 8:7-10, 1 Corinthians 10:18-21, 1 Corinthians 10:28-31

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