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Daniel 5:25-31
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25 “Now this is the inscription that was written:

‘[a]Menē, [b]Menē, [c]Tekēl, [d]Upharsin.’

26 This is the interpretation of the [e]message: ‘Menē’—God has numbered your kingdom and (A)put an end to it. 27 ‘Tekēl’—you have been (B)weighed on the scales and found deficient. 28 ‘[f]Perēs’—your kingdom has been divided and given to the (C)Medes and [g]Persians.”

29 Then Belshazzar gave orders, and they (D)clothed Daniel with purple and put a necklace of gold around his neck, and issued a proclamation concerning him that he now had authority as the third ruler in the kingdom.

30 That same night (E)Belshazzar the Chaldean king was (F)killed. 31 [h]So (G)Darius the Mede received the kingdom at about the age of sixty-two.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:25 Or a mina (50 shekels) from verb “to count”
  2. Daniel 5:25 Or a mina (50 shekels) from verb “to count”
  3. Daniel 5:25 Or a shekel from verb “to weigh”
  4. Daniel 5:25 Or and half-shekels (singular: perēs) from verb “to divide”
  5. Daniel 5:26 Lit word
  6. Daniel 5:28 Or half-shekel from verb “to divide”
  7. Daniel 5:28 Aram: Pāras
  8. Daniel 5:31 Ch 6:1 in Aram
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Daniel 5:25-31
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25 “This is the inscription that was written:

mene, mene, tekel, parsin

26 “Here is what these words mean:

Mene[a]: God has numbered the days(A) of your reign and brought it to an end.(B)

27 Tekel[b]: You have been weighed on the scales(C) and found wanting.(D)

28 Peres[c]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes(E) and Persians.”(F)

29 Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck,(G) and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.(H)

30 That very night Belshazzar,(I) king(J) of the Babylonians,[d] was slain,(K) 31 and Darius(L) the Mede(M) took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:26 Mene can mean numbered or mina (a unit of money).
  2. Daniel 5:27 Tekel can mean weighed or shekel.
  3. Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) can mean divided or Persia or a half mina or a half shekel.
  4. Daniel 5:30 Or Chaldeans
  5. Daniel 5:31 In Aramaic texts this verse (5:31) is numbered 6:1.
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