27 Tekel, (A)you have been weighed[a] in the balances and found wanting; 28 Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to (B)the Medes and (C)Persians.”[b]

29 Then (D)Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel (E)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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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:27 Tekel sounds like the Aramaic for weighed
  2. Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) sounds like the Aramaic for divided and for Persia

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