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Daniel 3:21-23
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21 So those men were tied up while still wearing their cloaks, trousers, turbans, and other clothes,[a] and were thrown into the furnace[b] of blazing fire. 22 But since the king’s command was so urgent, and the furnace was so excessively hot, the men who escorted[c] Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were killed[d] by the leaping flames.[e] 23 But those three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell into the furnace[f] of blazing fire while still securely bound.[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 3:21 sn There is a great deal of uncertainty with regard to the specific nature of these items of clothing.
  2. Daniel 3:21 tn Aram “into the midst of the furnace.” For stylistic reasons the words “the midst of” have been left untranslated.
  3. Daniel 3:22 tn Aram “caused to go up.”
  4. Daniel 3:22 tn The Aramaic verb is active.
  5. Daniel 3:22 tn Aram “the flame of the fire” (so KJV, ASV, NASB); NRSV “the raging flames.”
  6. Daniel 3:23 tn Aram “into the midst of the furnace.” For stylistic reasons the words “the midst of” have been left untranslated.
  7. Daniel 3:23 sn The deuterocanonical writings known as The Prayer of Azariah and The Song of the Three present at this point a confession and petition for God’s forgiveness and a celebration of God’s grace for the three Jewish youths in the fiery furnace. Though not found in the Hebrew/Aramaic text of Daniel, these compositions do appear in the ancient Greek versions.
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