9. Daniel said to the king, “Let it be as you say!”There were seventy priests of Bel, besides their wives and children.
10. When the king went with Daniel into the temple of Bel,
11. the priests of Bel said, “See, we are going to leave. You, O king, set out the food and prepare the wine; then shut the door and seal it with your ring.
12. If you do not find that Bel has eaten it all when you return in the morning, we are to die; otherwise Daniel shall die for his lies against us.”
13. They were not perturbed, because under the table they had made a secret entrance through which they always came in to consume the food.