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26 This is its meaning: Numbered—Elah has numbered the days of your kingdom and will bring it to an end. 27 Weighed—you have been weighed on a scale and found to be too light. 28 Divided—your kingdom will be divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”[a]

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  1. Daniel 5:28 There is a play on words here between Aramaic peres (divided) and paras (Persians).

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