Daniel 6:24

6:24 The king gave another order, ¹  and those men who had maliciously accused ²  Daniel were brought and thrown ³  into the lions’ den – they, their children, and their wives. ⁴  They did not even reach the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

Leviticus 26:18

26:18 “‘If, in spite of all these things, ⁵  you do not obey me, I will discipline you seven times more on account of your sins. ⁶ 

Leviticus 26:21

26:21 “‘If you walk in hostility against me ⁷  and are not willing to obey me, I will increase your affliction ⁸  seven times according to your sins.

Leviticus 26:24

26:24 I myself will also walk in hostility against you and strike you ⁹  seven times on account of your sins.

Leviticus 26:28

26:28 I will walk in hostile rage against you ¹⁰  and I myself will also discipline you seven times on account of your sins.

¹ tn Aram “said.”

² tn Aram “had eaten the pieces of.” The Aramaic expression is ironic, in that the accusers who had figuratively “eaten the pieces of Daniel” are themselves literally devoured by the lions.

³ tn The Aramaic active impersonal verb is often used as a substitute for the passive.

⁴ tc The LXX specifies only the two overseers, together with their families, as those who were cast into the lions’ den.

⁵ tn Heb “And if until these.”

⁶ tn Heb “I will add to discipline you seven [times] on your sins.”

⁷ tn Heb “hostile with me,” but see the added preposition בְּ (bet) on the phrase “in hostility” in v. 24 and 27.

⁸ tn Heb “your blow, stroke”; cf. TEV “punishment”; NLT “I will inflict you with seven more disasters.”

⁹ tn Heb “and I myself will also strike you.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “in rage of hostility with you”; NASB “with wrathful hostility”; NRSV “I will continue hostile to you in fury”; CEV “I’ll get really furious.”