15 Then these men [a]approached the king, and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is (A)the law of the Medes and Persians that no decree or statute which the king establishes may be changed.”

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  1. Daniel 6:15 Lit. thronged before

12 (A)And they went before the king, and spoke concerning the king’s decree: “Have you not signed a decree that every man who petitions any god or man within thirty days, except you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?”

The king answered and said, “The thing is true, (B)according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which [a]does not alter.”

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  1. Daniel 6:12 Lit. does not pass away

You yourselves write a decree concerning the Jews, [a]as you please, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s signet ring; for whatever is written in the king’s name and sealed with the king’s signet ring (A)no one can revoke.”

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  1. Esther 8:8 Lit. as is good in your eyes

Now, O king, establish the decree and sign the writing, so that it cannot be changed, according to the (A)law of the Medes and Persians, which [a]does not alter.”

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  1. Daniel 6:8 Lit. does not pass away

20 Shall (A)the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law,
Have fellowship with You?
21 They gather together against the life of the righteous,
And condemn (B)innocent blood.

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