Daniel 5
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Daniel 5:24-28

24ThereforeH116H4481H6925 He sentH7972H6447H1768 the handH3028 that wroteH7560 theH1836 inscriptionH3792.

25Now thisH1836 is the inscriptionH3792 thatH1768 was writtenH7560:

MENEH4484, MENEH4484, TEKELH8625, PARSINH6537.

26And thisH1836 is the interpretationH6591 of the messageH4406:

MENEH44841 means that GodH426 has numberedH4483 the days of your reignH4437 and brought it to an endH8000. 27TEKELH86252 means that you have been weighedH8625 on the scalesH3977 and foundH7912 deficientH2627. 28PERESH65373 means that your kingdomH4437 has been dividedH6537 and given overH3052 to the MedesH4076 and PersiansH6540.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Daniel 5:26 Mene sounds like the Aramaic for numbered. ↩
  2. 2. Daniel 5:27 Tekel sounds like the Aramaic for weighed. ↩
  3. 3. Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) sounds like the Aramaic for divided and for Persia. ↩

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