I make a decree the same phrase (lit. a decree is made by me), in Daniel 4:6 (cf. Daniel 6:26); Ezra 4:11 (at the end), 19, Daniel 5:17; Daniel 6:8; Daniel 6:11; Daniel 7:13; Daniel 7:21.

people, nation, and language Daniel 3:4; Daniel 3:7.

any thing amiss lit. any neglector error: cf. the same word in Daniel 6:4; Ezra 4:22; Ezra 6:9 (-fail"). In the Targums it stands for the Heb. shegâgâh, or mishgeh, oversight, inadvertence, Genesis 43:12; Leviticus 4:2; Leviticus 5:18.

cut in pieces, and … made a dunghill see on Daniel 2:5. The terms of the edict, it will be noticed, are inexact: -every people, nation, and language" must stand for -every one belonging to any people, nation, and language." (-Their houses" is in the Aram. his house.)

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