While Belshazzar was drinking(A) his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets(B) that Nebuchadnezzar his father[a] had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines(C) might drink from them.(D)

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  1. Daniel 5:2 Or ancestor; or predecessor; also in verses 11, 13 and 18

While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave the command to bring the gold and silver vessels (A)which his [a]father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple which had been in Jerusalem, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them.

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  1. Daniel 5:2 Or ancestor

(A)Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that (B)the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father[a] had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them.

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  1. Daniel 5:2 Or predecessor; also verses 11, 13, 18

[a]While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring the gold and silver (A)vessels which his [b]father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines could drink out of them.

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  1. Daniel 5:2 Or Under the influence of the wine
  2. Daniel 5:2 Or forefather, and so throughout the ch