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Wenstrom Bible MinistriesMarion,
IowaPastor-Teacher Bill Wenstromwww.wenstrom.o
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Thursday February 28, 2013Daniel Daniel 610
(611)-When Darius Signs the Interdict Into Law
Daniel Enters His House and Kneels to Pray and
Gives Thanks to His God as He Did Prior to
InterdictLesson 181
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Please turn in your Bibles to Daniel 610.
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Daniel 61 Now, Darius the Mede received the
kingdom at sixty-two years of age. 2 It was
considered a good idea by Darius to establish one
hundred twenty satraps over the kingdom in order
that they would be in authority over the entire
kingdom.
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3 Also, out from, over them, three supervisors,
of whom Daniel was one of them in order that
these satraps would exist in the state of having
to give an account to them so that the king would
never be able to suffer loss.
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4 Then this Daniel was distinguishing himself
above the supervisors as well as satraps because
an extraordinary spirit was in him. Consequently,
the king intended to establish him over the
entire kingdom
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5 as a result, the supervisors as well as the
satraps were attempting to cause a pretext to be
found against Daniel with regards to governmental
affairs. However, they were totally unable to
cause any pretext in the form of corruption to be
found because he was trustworthy. Indeed, no
negligence in the form of corruption was found
against him.
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6 Therefore, these men concluded, We will never
be able to cause a pretext to be found against
this Daniel unless we cause it be found in
connection with the law originating from his
God. 7 Consequently, these supervisors as well
as the satraps conspired together to the
detriment of the king and said the following to
the king, King Darius, live forever!
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8 Each and every one of the supervisors over the
kingdom, namely the senior officials well as the
satraps, that is the royal officials, in other
words the governors are in agreement that the
king should issue an edict. Specifically, an
interdict, which should be enforced in order that
whoever makes a request from any god or human
being during a thirty day period except from you,
O king, must be unceremoniously deposited into a
lions den.
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9 Now, please O king establish an interdict.
Specifically, please sign the document into law
in order that it can never be changed according
to Medo-Persian law, which can never be revoked.
10 Because of this, King Darius signed the
document into law, that is, the interdict. (My
translation)
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Daniel 610 Now when Daniel knew that the
document was signed, he entered his house (now in
his roof chamber he had windows open toward
Jerusalem) and he continued kneeling on his
knees three times a day, praying and giving
thanks before his God, as he had been doing
previously. (NASB95)
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Now when Daniel knew that the document was
signed transitions from the story of Darius
signing into law an interdict which would put to
death anyone who prays to anyone except for him
to Daniel ignoring this edict by continuing to
pray to his God three times a day as he had been
doing prior to the interdict.
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Knew is the third person masculine singular
pe?al (Hebrew qal) active perfect form of the
verb ye?a? (?????) (yed-ah), which means to be
aware of something in the sense that one has
become alive to something and is on the alert
implying vigilance in observing or alertness in
drawing inferences from what one experiences.
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It indicates that when Daniel was aware that
this interdict was signed into law, he went to
his home and went up to the roof chamber three
times during the course of the day to give thanks
in prayer to his God as was his custom before the
interdict was signed into law.
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Now in his roof chamber he had windows open
toward Jerusalem implies Daniel was making a
public display of his praying to his God.
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It indicates he was defying the order, which was
proper for Daniel to do because this was an
occasion where he was to practice civil
disobedience which was justified since Darius
interdict came into conflict with the laws of
Daniels God.
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He continued kneeling on his knees is composed
of the third person masculine singular pronominal
suffix hû(?) (????) (who), he and then we have
the masculine singular pe?al (Hebrew qal) active
participle form of the verb bera? (???????)
(ber-ak), kneeling which is followed by the
preposition ?al (???) (al), on and its object
is the masculine plural construct form of the
noun bere? (???????) (beh-rek), knees which is
modified by the third person masculine singular
pronominal suffix hû(?) (????) (who), his.
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The verb bera? does not mean to kneel but
rather means blessed and is used with of course
Daniel as its subject and his God as its object.
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It refers to Daniel showering his God with
worshipful thanksgiving as a result of hearing
Darius signing the interdict into law which would
execute anyone praying to their god except for
Darius during the next forty days.
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The idea with this word is that of expressing
gratitude as an expression of worship as is the
case with its Hebrew equivalent.
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Thus, Daniel is giving thanks in the midst of a
life threatening situation.
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Three times a day is composed of the masculine
plural form of the noun zeman (?????) (zem-awn),
times, which is modified by the masculine
singular construct form of the number tela?
(??????) (tel-ath), three which is followed by
the preposition be (???) (beh) and its object is
the masculine singular form of the noun yôm
(????) (yome), a day.
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The noun zeman means times referring to
something that takes place during the course of a
twenty-four hour period.
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It is modified by the cardinal number tela? which
means three referring to the sum of one and one
and one.
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The noun yôm means day referring to a unit of
time from sunset until the next sunset, including
evening and morning.
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It is the object of the preposition be, which is
a temporal marker meaning during referring to
the period of time in which Daniel worshipped his
God in prayer.
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Therefore, these four words form an expression
which means three times during the day and not
three times a day since the text is not
referring to Daniels actions before the
interdict but during the very day in which the
interdict became law.
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Praying and giving thanks before his God, as he
had been doing previously explains in greater
detail what Daniel meant in the previous clause
which records him worshipping his God three times
during the very day in which he heard that Darius
signed the interdict into law which required the
death penalty for anyone praying to anyone for
the next thirty days except the king.
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Praying is the masculine singular pa??el
(Hebrew piel) active participle form of the verb
?ela(h) (?????) (tsel-aw), which means to pray
but without reference to what type of prayer such
as thanksgiving, intercession for others or
petition for ones own needs.
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Here the context indicates that this prayer of
Daniels was a prayer of thanksgiving.
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Three times during the day he offered up
thanksgiving to his God despite the fact that
state law now required that he be put to death
for doing so.
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The pa??el (Hebrew piel) stem of this verb is
iterative referring to a customary or
characteristic action and denotes that it was
Daniels custom to pray while giving thanks to
his God or in other words, prayer characterized
him.
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And giving thanks is a temporal clause meaning
that it is introducing a clause which records
that Daniel gave thanks in the presence of his
God and marks this event as taking place the same
time Daniel was praying to his God.
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Giving thanks is the masculine singular haf?el
(Hebrew equivalent is the hiphil stem) active
participle form of the verb ye?a(h) (?????)
(yed-aw), which refers to the act of Daniel
expressing his gratitude toward the God of
Israel.
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Before his God is composed of the preposition
qo?am (?????) (kod-awm), before and its object
is the masculine plural noun ?elah (??????)
(el-aw), God which is modified by the third
person masculine singular pronominal suffix hû(?)
(????) (who), his.
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The noun ?elah means God referring to the God
of Israel without reference to a member of the
Trinity and is the object of the preposition
qo?am, which means in the presence of and
denotes Daniel was in the presence of his God
while giving thanks to Him in prayer.
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As he had been doing previously is comparing
Daniel worshipping his God by giving thanks to
Him three times during the day in which the
interdict was signed into law and Daniel doing
this very same thing prior to the interdict being
signed into law.
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Daniel 610 (611) Now when Daniel was aware that
the document was signed into law, he entered his
home, which had windows in its upper room swung
open toward Jerusalem. Then he worshipped on his
knees three times during the day. Indeed, as his
custom, he prayed while giving thanks in the
presence of his God just as he had been doing
previously. (My translation)
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Daniel 610 (611) records Daniels response to
Darius signing an interdict into law which for
thirty days following this signing would demand
the death penalty for anyone in his kingdom who
prays to anyone except for him.
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He gives the Christian an excellent example to
follow when the laws of the government conflict
with the laws of God.
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Daniel would rather obey God and worship his God
in prayer than to obey the laws of the government
which would prohibit him from doing so for thirty
days.
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Christians are commanded to obey the Lord their
God (Deuteronomy 134 Jeremiah 723 John 1415)
and they are also called upon to obey the
governing authorities (Romans 131-7 1 Peter
213-17 Titus 31).
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However, civil disobedience becomes an issue for
the Christian when these two claims upon the
Christian come into conflict meaning when God
commands us to do something like proclaim the
gospel and teach the Word of God and the civil
authorities prohibit this.
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The solution to this conflict is that the
Christian is to obey God.
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This is illustrated in Acts 527-32 when the
apostles were commanded by the Jewish authorities
to not proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ and
Peter told them we must obey God rather than
men.
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Daniels response to Darius signing an interdict
into law which would demand putting to death
anyone who prayed to their God or any human being
during a thirty day period other than the king is
also an excellent example for Christians to
follow when they are faced with a great
adversity.
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Daniel responded to this threat upon his life and
the conspiracy waged against him by worshipping
his God in prayer.
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He was a man characterized by prayer.
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He was disciplined in that prayer was a habitual
activity for him.
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His prayer life was the same as it was before the
adversity struck, which is an excellent example
for Christians today who unfortunately only turn
to prayer when they have an adversity but not so
with Daniel.
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Prayer was a priority not a last resort.
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The fact that this was Daniels custom prior to
the interdict being signed into law reveals that
worshipping God in prayer was a priority for
Daniel despite the fact that he had a tremendous
responsibility of being one of three individuals
who would serve Darius as supervisors over the
other satraps.
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Thus, Daniel found time to pray even though he
was an extremely busy man with great
responsibility.
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His success as supervisor over the satraps can be
directly attributed to his prayer life.
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He never lost sight that God had given him his
success as an administrator in the Medo-Persian
Empire as well as the Babylonian Empire.
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Interestingly, Daniel 610 (611) also says that
Daniel prayed while kneeling, which expresses his
humility and submission to the will of God.
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The Scriptures do not require kneeling while
praying but the Scriptures do record individuals
kneeling while praying during times of great
adversity such as the Lord Jesus Christ in the
Garden of Gethsemane.
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Also, Daniel prayed while facing Jerusalem.
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Daniel did this because of what Solomon said at
the dedication of the temple (1 Kings 844, 48 2
Chronicles 629, 34, 38).
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The text also says that he prayed three times a
day which would be the third, sixth and ninth
hour of the day meaning nine oclock in the
morning, noontime and three oclock in the
afternoon (cf. Acts 215 109 31 1030
compare Daniel 921).
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The fact that Daniel prayed while facing
Jerusalem demonstrated his faith in the promise
that God would answer the prayer of exiled Jews
when they prayed in the direction of the temple
in Jerusalem.
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Thus, when he gave thanks to God in prayer, he
most likely was thanking God for answering his
prayer to deliver him as God had promised the
Jews He would do if they prayed to Him.
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Furthermore, Daniel 610 (611) tells the reader
that the windows in the upper room of his home
which were facing toward Jerusalem were swung
wide open by Daniel when he was praying to God.
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This indicates that he was not ashamed that
people saw him praying and makes clear that he
was not afraid if anyone saw him praying and
reporting him to the government officials.
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Daniel 610 (611) also teaches us that Daniel
worshipped God in prayer by giving thanks to Him.

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One of the characteristics of a productive prayer
life is that of thankfulness (Matt 1536 2627
Mark 86 1423 Luke 2217-19 John 611 23
1141 Acts 2735 2815 Rom. 18 725 1 Cor.
14 1124 Eph. 520 Col. 112 317 Phlp.
13-4 46 1 Thess. 12 213).
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