Discovery BoxDaniel 10:3 
Context10:3 I ate no choice food; no meat or wine came to my lips, 1 nor did I anoint myself with oil 2 until the end of those three weeks.
Daniel 10:9
Context10:9 I listened to his voice, 3 and as I did so 4 I fell into a trance-like sleep with my face to the ground.
Daniel 11:29
Context11:29 At an appointed time he will again invade the south, but this latter visit will not turn out the way the former one did.
Daniel 11:38
Context11:38 What he will honor is a god of fortresses – a god his fathers did not acknowledge he will honor with gold, silver, valuable stones, and treasured commodities.
1 tn Heb “mouth.”
2 sn Anointing oneself with oil (usually olive oil) was a common OT practice due to the severity of the Middle Eastern sun (cf. Ps 121:6). It was also associated with rejoicing (e.g., Prov 27:9) and was therefore usually not practiced during a period of mourning.
3 tc Heb “I heard the sound of his words.” These words are absent in the LXX and the Syriac.
4 tn Heb “as I listened to the sound of his words.”
