Dan 6:8 | TNotes | STEP | 6:8 cannot be changed ... cannot be revoked: Cp. Esth 1:19 . Human laws all pass away, but God’s law lasts forever (Pss 93:5 ; 119:152 ). This devotion to established laws was one of the special features of the Persian Empire. Eventually, the profusion of laws so swamped them in bureaucracy that they could not function efficiently.

bEsth 1:19►

cPss 93:5►

d119:152►

‏ Daniel 6:8

6:8 ^a cannot be changed ... cannot be revoked: Cp. Esth 1:19 ^b. Human laws all pass away, but God’s law lasts forever (Pss 93:5 ^c; 119:152 ^d). This devotion to established laws was one of the special features of the Persian Empire. Eventually, the profusion of laws so swamped them in bureaucracy that they could not function efficiently.