KJV ORIGINAL
Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
So they went straight to the king and brought up his decree: 'Didn't you sign a law saying that for the next thirty days, anyone who prays to any god or person except you gets thrown to the lions?' The king was like, 'Yeah, that's exactly what I signed. It's official under Persian law, which means it can't be changed.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Sometimes the rules you make come back to trap you in ways you never saw coming.
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