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Daniel 5:27-29
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27 ‘Tekel’[a] means that you have been weighed[b] on the balance and found deficient.

28 ‘Peres’[c][d] means that your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”[e]

29 Then Belshazzar gave an order, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck,(A) and issued a proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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  1. 5:27 Or a shekel
  2. 5:27 The Aramaic word for weighed sounds like tekel.
  3. 5:28 Or half a shekel
  4. 5:28 In Aramaic, the word peres is the sg form of “parsin” in v. 25.
  5. 5:28 The Aramaic word for divided and Persians sounds like peres.
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Daniel 5:27-29
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27 Tekel[a]: You have been weighed on the scales(A) and found wanting.(B)

28 Peres[b]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes(C) and Persians.”(D)

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

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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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