Daniel 5:7

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Daniel 5:7 (WEB)
The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing and shows me its interpretation shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”

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Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.15Book VI
“And Daniel, under the king of the Persians, wore “the chain,” though he despised not the afflictions of the people.” — editor's note: Dan. v. 7, 29. [Note τὰ κύρια τῶν δογμάτων.]
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PassageThe Stromata, or Miscellanies VI.15

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