New American Standard Bible 1995

Daniel 5:24-29

24Then the 1 2hand was sent from Him and this inscription was written out.

25“Now this is the inscription that was written out: ‘3Menē, 4Menē, 5Tekēl, 6Upharsin.’ 26This is the interpretation of the 7message: ‘Menē’--God has numbered your kingdom and 8put an end to it. 27‘Tekēl’--you have been 9weighed on the scales and found deficient. 28‘Perēs’--your kingdom has been divided and given over to the 10Medes and 11Persians.”

29Then Belshazzar gave orders, and they 12clothed Daniel with purple and put a necklace of gold around his neck, and issued a proclamation concerning him that he now had authority as the 13third ruler in the kingdom.

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Notes

1. Daniel 5:24 Lit palm of the hand ↩
2. Daniel 5:24 Dan 5:5 ↩
3. Daniel 5:25 Or a mina (50 shekels) from verb “to number” ↩
4. Daniel 5:25 Or a mina (50 shekels) from verb “to number” ↩
5. Daniel 5:25 Or a shekel from verb “to weigh” ↩
6. Daniel 5:25 Or and half-shekels (sing: perēs) from verb “to divide” ↩
7. Daniel 5:26 Lit word ↩
8. Daniel 5:26 Is 13:6, 17-19; Jer 50:41-43 ↩
9. Daniel 5:27 Job 31:6; Ps 62:9 ↩
10. Daniel 5:28 Is 13:17; 21:2; 45:1, 2; Dan 5:31; 6:8, 28; Acts 2:9 ↩
11. Daniel 5:28 Aram: Pāras ↩
12. Daniel 5:29 Dan 5:7, 16 ↩
13. Daniel 5:29 Or triumvir ↩

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