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Daniel 6:10
Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Daniel, after learning the decree is sealed, goes to his upper room with windows facing Jerusalem and resumes his three-times-daily prayer and thanksgiving, exactly as before. The moment sits between the king's signature (v. 9) and his accusers catching him in the act (v. 11).
The words — רְשִׁים (re.Shim), "signed," is the participle of רשׁם, carrying the sense of sealing or inscribing — the act that makes the decree legally binding and triggers Daniel's response.
The thread — The three-times-daily rhythm echoes Psalms 55:17 ("morning, noon, and night") and the persistent posture of 1 Thessalonians 5:17. The underlying conflict — human decree versus divine command — is the same as Peter's reply in Acts 5:29.
Why it lands — Daniel does not stop, modify, or hide his practice; he continues "just as he had done before." The verse asks whether you will scale back obedience when the price rises, or hold the same line.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Cross-references
- Acts 5:29 But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
- Psalms 55:17 Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing.
- Psalms 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
- Psalms 5:7 But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.
- Psalms 34:1 Of David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, so that the king drove him away. I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise will always be on my lips.
- Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- Hebrews 13:15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
- Daniel 6:13 Then they told the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, shows no regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed. He still makes his petition three times a day.”
- Jonah 2:4 At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’