Daniel 5:7
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7 (A)The king called loudly to bring in (B)the enchanters, the (C)Chaldeans, and (D)the astrologers. The king declared[a] to the wise men of Babylon, (E)“Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and (F)shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
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- Daniel 5:7 Aramaic answered and said; also verse 10
Daniel 5:29
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29 Then (A)Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel (B)was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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Daniel 5:16
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16 (A)But I have heard that you can give interpretations and (B)solve problems. (C)Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, (D)you shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around your neck and (E)shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
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Daniel 2:48
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48 Then the king gave Daniel high honors and many great (A)gifts, and made him ruler over the whole (B)province of Babylon and (C)chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.
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Daniel 6:2-3
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2 and over them (A)three high officials, of whom Daniel was one, to whom these (B)satraps should give account, so that the king might suffer no loss. 3 Then this Daniel became (C)distinguished above all (D)the other high officials and (E)satraps, because (F)an excellent spirit was in him. And the king planned (G)to set him over the whole kingdom.
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Daniel 2:6
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6 But if you show the dream and its interpretation, (A)you shall receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. (B)Therefore show me the dream and its interpretation.”
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Genesis 41:42-44
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42 Then Pharaoh (A)took his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and (B)clothed him in garments of fine linen (C)and put a gold chain about his neck. 43 And he made him ride in his second chariot. (D)And they called out before him, “Bow the knee!”[a] Thus he set him (E)over all the land of Egypt. 44 Moreover, Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and (F)without your consent no one shall lift up hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”
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- Genesis 41:43 Abrek, probably an Egyptian word, similar in sound to the Hebrew word meaning to kneel
Ezekiel 16:11
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11 (A)And I adorned you with ornaments and (B)put bracelets on your wrists and a chain on your neck.
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Isaiah 47:13
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13 You are wearied with your many counsels;
let them stand forth and save you,
(A)those who divide the heavens,
who gaze at the stars,
who at the new moons make known
what shall come upon you.
Daniel 4:6-7
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6 So (A)I made a decree that (B)all the wise men of Babylon should be brought before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream. 7 Then (C)the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers came in, and I told them the dream, but (D)they could not make known to me its interpretation.
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Isaiah 44:25-26
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25 who frustrates the signs of liars
and makes fools of diviners,
(A)who turns wise men back
and makes their knowledge foolish,
26 (B)who confirms the word of his servant
and fulfills the counsel of his messengers,
who says of Jerusalem, ‘She shall be inhabited,’
(C)and of the cities of Judah, ‘They shall be built,
and I will raise up their ruins’;
Proverbs 1:9
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Esther 10:2-3
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2 And all the acts of his power and might, and the full account of the high honor of Mordecai, (A)to which the king advanced him, are they not written in (B)the Book of the Chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? 3 For Mordecai the Jew was (C)second in rank to King Ahasuerus, and he was great among the Jews and popular with the multitude of his brothers, for he (D)sought the welfare of his people and spoke peace to all his people.
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Esther 3:1
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Haman Plots Against the Jews
3 After these things King Ahasuerus (A)promoted Haman (B)the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, (C)and advanced him and set his throne above all the officials who were with him.
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1 Samuel 17:25
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25 And the men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? Surely he has come up to (A)defy Israel. And the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches (B)and will give him his daughter and make his father's house free in Israel.”
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Numbers 24:11
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11 Therefore now flee to your own place. I said, (A)‘I will certainly honor you,’ but the Lord has held you back from honor.”
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Numbers 22:17
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17 (A)for I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. (B)Come, curse this people for me.’”
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Numbers 22:7
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7 So the elders of Moab and (A)the elders of Midian departed with (B)the fees for divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam and gave him Balak's message.
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Genesis 41:8
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8 So in the morning (A)his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the (B)magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was none who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
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