Dan 1:5 | NET2full | STEP | So the king assigned them a daily ration from his royal delicacies and from the wine he himself drank . They were to be trained for the next three years . At the end of that time they were to enter the king’s service .

‏ Daniel 1:5

5 So the king assigned them a daily ration ^{▼▼tn Heb “a thing of a day in its day.”} from his royal delicacies ^{▼▼tn Heb “from the delicacies of the king.”} and from the wine he himself drank. They were to be trained ^{▼▼tn Or “educated.” See HALOT 179 s.v. I גדל.} for the next three years. At the end of that time they were to enter the king’s service. ^{▼▼tn Heb “stand before the king.”}