The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: DAN 1:12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them
give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
DAN 1:13 Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the
countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat:
and as thou seest, deal with thy servants.
DAN 1:14 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten
days.
DAN 1:15 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer
and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of
the king's meat.
DAN 1:16 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine
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