I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three weeks of days were fulfilled.

And in the four and twentieth day of the [a]first month, as I [b]was by the side of that great river, even Hiddekel,

And I lifted mine eyes, and looked, and behold, there was a man [c]clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of (A)Uphaz.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 10:4 Called Abib, which containeth part of March, and part of April.
  2. Daniel 10:4 Being carried by the Spirit of prophecy to have the sight of this river Tigris.
  3. Daniel 10:5 This was the Angel of God, which was sent to assure Daniel in this prophecy that followeth.

I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips;(A) and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.

On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was standing on the bank(B) of the great river, the Tigris,(C) I looked up(D) and there before me was a man dressed in linen,(E) with a belt of fine gold(F) from Uphaz around his waist.

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