^29 (A)that you abstain from ^(B)what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from these, you will do well. Farewell.”

¹³ And the Lord said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat ^(A)their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.” ¹⁴ Then I said, ^(B)“Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never defiled myself.^{[a] (C)}From my youth up till now I have never eaten ^(D)what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has ^(E)tainted meat come into my mouth.”

Daniel's Faithfulness

⁸ But Daniel ^(A)resolved that he would not ^(B)defile himself with ^(C)the king's food, or with ^(D)the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to ^(E)defile himself.

^7 (A)By offering polluted food upon my altar. ^(B)But you say, ‘How have we polluted you?’ By saying that ^(C)the Lord's table may be despised.

¹² But you profane it when you say that ^(A)the Lord's table is polluted, and its fruit, that is, its food may be despised.