Daniel Chapter 1 Vs. 12

Daniel's Faithfulness

Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. Dan. 1:12

Prove thy servants... This test was a challenge to Daniel’s faith in God. There must have been an element of the miraculous in the result, for ten days is not long to be able to tell a difference because of eating certain foods (Dan. 1:15).

give us pulse... Hebrew: zeroa‛, seed; that which is sown. It consisted of vegetables and grains—wheat, barley, rye, peas, beans, lentiles (Dan. 1:12, 1:16; 2Sa. 17:28). This does not mean that Jews were strict vegetarians, but that they could not legally eat the meat of animals that had not been properly killed and dedicated (Dan. 1:8).