Daniel 6:5-7 the ministers said, We shall not find any pretext against Daniel except in the ceremonies relating to his God.

Thomson⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ the ministers said, We shall not find any pretext against Daniel except in the ceremonies relating to his God. ⁶ Then the ministers and the governors waited on the king, and said to him, King Darius live forever! ⁷ All that are over thy kingdom, the generals and governors, the chief commanders and toparchs have joined in opinion to establish by a royal statute and make a firm decree, that whoever shall make any request of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee only, king; he shall be cast into the den of the lions.