Daniel 10:3

I ate no delicacies, I ate no meat, I drank no wine, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the completion of three entire weeks.

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I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.

In Context

2In those days I, Daniel, was in mourning for three weeks.

4On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was beside the great river (that is, the Tigris),

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Cross References

Job 33:20so that his life abhors food, 1 and his soul abhors delicacies. 1

Daniel 6:18Then the king went to his palace and he went through the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.

Amos 5:11Because you trample down the poor 1 and take portions of wheat from him— 1 although you have built houses of worked stone, 1 you will not live in them. 1 You have delightful vineyards, 1 but you will not drink their wine. 1

Matthew 6:17But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

Matthew Henry on Daniel 10:2-10

Vision near the River Hiddekel. ( b. c. 534.) 1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. 2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. 3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. 4 And in the four and twentieth day… Read the whole commentary →

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