Daniel 5:26-28

New King James Version

²⁶This is the interpretation of each word. MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it; ²⁷TEKEL: ^(A)You have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting; ²⁸PERES: Your kingdom has been divided, and given to the ^(B)Medes and ^(C)Persians.”^[a]

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Daniel 5:28 Aram. Paras, consonant with Peres

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