Daniel 1:5

1:5 So the king assigned them a daily ration ¹  from his royal delicacies ²  and from the wine he himself drank. They were to be trained ³  for the next three years. At the end of that time they were to enter the king’s service. ⁴ 

Daniel 1:8

1:8 But Daniel made up his mind ⁵  that he would not defile ⁶  himself with the royal delicacies or the royal wine. ⁷  He therefore asked the overseer of the court officials for permission not to defile himself.

Daniel 1:16

1:16 So the warden removed the delicacies and the wine ⁸  from their diet ⁹  and gave them a diet of vegetables instead.

¹ tn Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”

² tn Heb “from the delicacies of the king.”

³ tn Or “educated.” See HALOT 179 s.v. I גדל.

⁴ tn Heb “stand before the king.”

⁵ tn Heb “placed on his heart.”

⁶ tn Or “would not make himself ceremonially unclean”; TEV “become ritually unclean.”

⁷ tn Heb “with the delicacies of the king and with the wine of his drinking.”

⁸ tn Heb “the wine of their drinking.”

⁹ tn The words “from their diet” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.