- it be not altered:
- Heb. it pass not away, "Writeª° ye¹ also for¹ the Jews,ª as it likethª¹ you,² in the king'sª name,ª and sealª° [it] with the king'sª ring:ª for¹ the writingª which¹ is writtenª° in the king'sª name,ª and sealedª° with the king'sª ring,ª may no¹ man reverse.ª°" {Est 8:8} + "Now,ª O king,ª establishª° the decree,ª and signª° the writing,ª that¹ it be notª changed,ª° according to the lawª of the Medesª and Persians,ª which¹ alterethª° not.ª ... Thenª theseª menª assembledª° untoª the king,ª and saidª° unto the king,ª Know,ª° O king,ª that¹ the lawª of the Medesª and Persiansª [is], That¹ noª¹ decreeª nor statuteª which¹ the kingª establishethª° may be changed.ª°" {Dan 6:8-15} + "And aª stoneª was brought,ª° and laidª° uponª the mouthª of the den;ª and the kingª sealedª° it with his own signet,ª and with the signetª of his lords;ª that¹ the purposeª might notª be changedª° concerning Daniel.ª" {Dan 6:17}; Let it be inserted among the permanent laws, and be made a part of the constitution of the empire. The Persians seem to have affected such a degree of wisdom in the construction of their laws, that they never could be amended, and should never be repealed; and this formed the ground of the saying, "The laws of the Medes and Persians that change not."
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