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27 tekel means that you’ve been weighed[a] on the scales, and you don’t measure up. 28 peres[b] means your kingship is divided[c] and given to the Medes and the Persians.”[d]

29 Then Belshazzar commanded that Daniel be dressed in a purple robe, have a gold chain around his neck, and be officially appointed as third in command in the kingdom.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:27 Aram teqal, which is a wordplay with Tekel
  2. Daniel 5:28 The singular form of the plural Parsin in 5:25
  3. Daniel 5:28 Aram peras, which is a wordplay with Parsin
  4. Daniel 5:28 Aram Paras, another wordplay with Parsin

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