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Daniel 5:26-28
Common English Bible
Daniel 5:26-28
Common English Bible
26 “This is the meaning of the word mene: God has numbered[a] the days of your rule. It’s over! 27 tekel means that you’ve been weighed[b] on the scales, and you don’t measure up. 28 peres[c] means your kingship is divided[d] and given to the Medes and the Persians.”[e]
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- Daniel 5:26 Aram menah, which is a wordplay with Mene
- Daniel 5:27 Aram teqal, which is a wordplay with Tekel
- Daniel 5:28 The singular form of the plural Parsin in 5:25
- Daniel 5:28 Aram peras, which is a wordplay with Parsin
- Daniel 5:28 Aram Paras, another wordplay with Parsin
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