Daniel 10:3 Meaning and Explanation
“I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled.”
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Read Full Chapter →Daniel fasts from rich food, wine, and oil for the full three weeks.
What Does Daniel 10:3 Mean?
Daniel describes the shape of his mourning. He set aside pleasant bread, meat, and wine, and did not anoint himself with oil, the ordinary comforts of daily life. This was a partial fast, sustained over three weeks, an act of deliberate self-denial rather than total abstinence.
Such fasting is the body joining the heart in prayer. By laying down small comforts, Daniel made his longing for God plain and undistracted. The point was never the hunger itself but the hunger underneath it, a craving for the LORD to act. Setting aside lesser pleasures to seek a greater good remains one of the soul's oldest paths back to attentiveness before God.
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What does Daniel 10:3 mean?
Daniel fasts from rich food, wine, and oil for the full three weeks.