Dan 1:8 | HCSB | STEP | Daniel determined that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or with the wine he drank . So he asked permission from the chief official not to defile himself.

b Lv 3:17; 11:47; Ps 141:4; Ezk 4:13; Hs 9:3; Ac 10:11-15

‏ Daniel 1:8

Faithfulness in Babylon

8 Daniel determined that he would not defile himself with the king’s food ^a or with the wine he drank. So he asked permission from the chief official not to defile himself. ^b