Daniel 14:10–18

¹⁰Now there were seventy priests of Bel, besides their wives and children. The king went with Daniel into Bel’s temple.↗

¹¹So Bel’s priests said, “Behold, we will leave; but you, O king, set out the food, and mix the wine and set it out, shut the door securely, and seal it with your own signet.↗

¹²When you come in the morning, if you don’t find that Bel has eaten everything, we will suffer death, or else Daniel, who speaks falsely against us.”↗

¹³They weren’t concerned, for under the table they had made a secret entrance, by which they entered in continually, and consumed those things.↗

¹⁴It happened, when they had gone out, the king set the food before Bel. Now Daniel had commanded his servants to bring ashes, and they scattered them all over the temple in the presence of the king alone. Then they went out, shut the door, sealed it with the king’s signet, and so departed.↗

¹⁵Now in the night, the priests came with their wives and children, as they usually did, and ate and drank it all.↗

¹⁶In the morning, the king arose, and Daniel with him.↗

¹⁷The king said, “Daniel, are the seals whole?” He said, “Yes, O king, they are whole.”↗

¹⁸And as soon as he had opened the door, the king looked at the table, and cried with a loud voice, “You are great, O Bel, and with you is no deceit at all!”↗