28 PERES[a][b] means that your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

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  1. Daniel 5:28 Or half a shekel
  2. Daniel 5:28 In Aram, the word peres is the sg form of “parsin” in v. 25.

28 Peres[a]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes(A) and Persians.”(B)

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

31 [a]and Darius the Mede(A) received the kingdom at the age of 62.

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  1. Daniel 5:31 Dn 6:1 in Hb

31 and Darius(A) the Mede(B) took over the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two.[a]

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  1. Daniel 5:31 In Aramaic texts this verse (5:31) is numbered 6:1.

“While I was watching, another beast appeared. It was like a leopard(A) with four wings of a bird on its back. It had four heads(B) and was given authority to rule.

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“After that, I looked, and there before me was another beast, one that looked like a leopard.(A) And on its back it had four wings like those of a bird. This beast had four heads, and it was given authority to rule.

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