Daniel 1:8
And Daniel purposes in his heart that he will not defile himself with the king’s portion of food, and with the wine of his drinking, and he seeks of the chief of the eunuchs that he may not defile himself.
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
9And God gives Daniel for kindness and for mercies before the chief of the eunuchs;
Cross References
Leviticus 11:45for I [am] YHWH who am bringing you up out of the land of Egypt to become your God; and you have been holy, for I [am] holy.
Ruth 1:17Where you die I die, and there I am buried; thus does YHWH to me, and thus He adds—for death itself parts between me and you.”
Psalms 106:28And they are coupled to Ba‘al-Peor, || And eat the sacrifices of the dead,
Psalms 119:115Turn aside from me, you evildoers, || And I keep the commands of my God.
Ezekiel 4:13And YHWH says, “Thus the sons of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations to where I drive them.”
Hosea 9:3They do not abide in the land of YHWH, || And Ephraim has turned back [to] Egypt, || And they eat an unclean thing in Asshur.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 1:2-8
Daniel The book of Ezekiel left the affairs of Jerusalem under a doleful aspect, all in ruins, but with a joyful prospect of all in glory again. This of Daniel fitly follows. Ezekiel told us what was seen, and what was foreseen, by him in the former years of the captivity: Daniel tells us what was seen, and foreseen, in the latter years of the captivity. When God employs different hands, yet it is about the same work. And it was a comfort to the poor captives that they had first one prophet among them and then… Read the whole commentary →