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Daniel 5:27-29
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27 Tekel[a] means that you have been weighed in the scales, and you are too light.

28 Parsin[b] means that your kingdom has been broken in two and given to the Medes and the Persians.

29 Then Belshazzar spoke, and they dressed Daniel in purple, with a gold chain around his neck, and they made him the third highest ruler in the kingdom.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:27 Tekel means “weighed” and suggests shekel, a unit for weighing money.
  2. Daniel 5:28 Parsin means “divided” and suggests half shekel. It also sounds like the word “Persians.”
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