Dan.6.8

Daniel 6:8

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Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

The Plot against Daniel

Daniel Serves Darius

Cross References

Esther 1:19

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If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

Queen Vashti Deposed

Queen Vashti’s Refusal

Esther 3:12

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Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.

Haman’s Plot against the Jews

Esther 8:8

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Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man reverse.

The Decree of Xerxes

The King’s Decree Avenges the Jews

Esther 8:10

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And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:

The Decree of Xerxes

The King’s Decree Avenges the Jews

Isaiah 10:1

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Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;

Woe to Tyrants

Assyria Is God’s Instrument

Daniel 5:28

KJVGOD

Peres; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

Daniel Interprets the Handwriting

Daniel 6:12

KJV

Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

Daniel in the Lions’ Den

Daniel Serves Darius

Daniel 6:15

KJV

Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.