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| Heroic Daniel refusing to eat at the king's table of corrupt foods, early 1900s Bible illustration |
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The fast is based on the lifelong kosher diet of the Jewish hero Daniel in the biblical Book of Daniel and the three-week mourning fast in which Daniel abstained from all meat and wine.
Among Catholic and Mainline Protestant Christians, the Daniel Fast has been practiced by some during the 40-day season of Lent [1, 2, 4], though the Daniel Fast can variously be set at three weeks [1] or even ten days.
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The passage in Chapter 1 refers to a 10-day test wherein Daniel and others with him were permitted to eat vegetables and water to avoid the Babylonian king's corrupting food and wine.
After remaining healthy at the end of the 10-day period, they continued the vegetable diet for the three years of their education. The passage in Chapter 10 refers to a three-week fast of no meat, wine, or decadent food [6].
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| Kill workout, not animals, like Dan the Man. |
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| There's so much good food to eat and purifying water to drink! |
Instead, a superior (more spiritual and healthier) diet consists only of vegetables and water. "Pulses" is used instead of "vegetables" in some translations [6]. "Pulses" in this context is often taken as "food grown from seed," including fruit, vegetables, or lentils.
Scriptural basis
Nebuchadnezzar II became king of the Chaldean Empire in 605 BCE. He invaded the Israelite Kingdom of Judah in 604 BCE, the fifth year of the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah.
After Jehoiakim's son Jeconiah became king, Nebuchadnezzar attacked the Israelite capital of Jerusalem in 597 BCE. In the biblical narrative of the first chapter of the Book of Daniel... Daniel Fast - Wikipedia
