5. And the king said to him, "Does not Bel seem to you to be a living god? Do you not see how much he eats and drinks every day?"
6. Then Daniel said, smiling, "O king, do not make a mistake, for this one is clay on the inside and brass on the outside, and he has never eaten."
7. And the king, being angry, called for his priests and said to them, "If you do not tell me who it is that has eaten these expenses, you will die.
8. But if you can show that Bel has eaten these, Daniel will die, because he has blasphemed against Bel." And Daniel said to the king, "Let it be according to your word."