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Daniel 5:27-29
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27 Tekel[a]: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.

28 Peres[b]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.’

29 Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed round his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:27 Tekel can mean weighed or shekel.
  2. Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) can mean divided or Persia or a half mina or a half shekel.
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