Daniel 14:13
New Revised Standard Version
They were unconcerned, for beneath the table they had made a hidden entrance, through which they used to go in regularly and consume the provisions.

New American Bible
After they departed the king set the food before Bel, while Daniel ordered his servants to bring some ashes, which they scattered through the whole temple; the king alone was present. Then they went outside, sealed the closed door with the king’s ring, and departed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So it came to pass after they were gone out, the king set the meats before Bel: and Daniel commanded his servants, and they brought ashes, and he sifted them all over the temple before the king: and going forth, they shut the door, and having sealed it with the king's ring, they departed.

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So it came to pass after they were gone out, the king set the meats before Bel: and Daniel commanded his servants, and they brought ashes, and he sifted them all over the temple before the king: and going forth, they shut the door, and having sealed it with the king's ring, they departed.

Daniel 14:11
And when thou comest in the morning, if thou findest not that Bel hath eaten up all, we will suffer death, or else Daniel, that hath lied against us.

Daniel 14:12
And they little regarded it, because they had made under the table a secret entrance, and they always came in by it, and consumed those things.

Daniel 14:14
But the priests went in by night, according to their custom, with their wives, and their children: and they eat and drank up all.

Daniel 14:15
And the king arose early in the morning, and Daniel with him.

Context
Daniel 14
12And they little regarded it, because they had made under the table a secret entrance, and they always came in by it, and consumed those things. 13So it came to pass after they were gone out, the king set the meats before Bel: and Daniel commanded his servants, and they brought ashes, and he sifted them all over the temple before the king: and going forth, they shut the door, and having sealed it with the king's ring, they departed. 14But the priests went in by night, according to their custom, with their wives, and their children: and they eat and drank up all.…
Cross References
Daniel 14:11
And when thou comest in the morning, if thou findest not that Bel hath eaten up all, we will suffer death, or else Daniel, that hath lied against us.

Daniel 14:12
And they little regarded it, because they had made under the table a secret entrance, and they always came in by it, and consumed those things.

Daniel 14:14
But the priests went in by night, according to their custom, with their wives, and their children: and they eat and drank up all.

Daniel 14:15
And the king arose early in the morning, and Daniel with him.



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Daniel 14:12
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