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When he tasted the wine,[a] Belshazzar commanded that they bring the vessels of gold and silver that Nebuchadnezzar his predecessor[b] had taken from the temple that was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his lords,[c] his wives and his concubines may drink from them. Then they brought in the vessels of gold that they took from the temple, the house of God that was in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords,[d] his wives and his concubines drank from them. They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:2 Literally “At the taste of the wine”
  2. Daniel 5:2 Literally “father”
  3. Daniel 5:2 Or “nobles”
  4. Daniel 5:3 Or “nobles”
  5. Daniel 5:4 All these metals have the definite article that does not have to be translated into English to retain the meaning