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Daniel 6:24

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and they brought: Deuteronomy 19:18-20; Esther 7:10, Esther 9:25; Proverbs 11:8

them: This savage act accorded with the customs of those times; contrary to the Divine law which enacted that "the fathers should not be put to death for the children, nor the children for the fathers."

their children: Deuteronomy 24:16; Joshua 7:24-25; 2 Kings 14:6; Esther 9:10

the lions: Daniel 3:22; Psalms 54:5; Isaiah 38:13

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