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Daniel 5:27-29
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Daniel 5:27-29
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27 Tekel[a]:
You have been weighed on the scales and found not good enough.
28 Uparsin[b]:
Your kingdom is being taken from you.
It will be divided among the Medes and Persians.”
29 Then Belshazzar gave an order for Daniel to be dressed in purple clothes. A gold chain was put around his neck, and he was appointed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
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- Daniel 5:27 Tekel A weight, like the Hebrew word “shekel.” This word is like the word meaning “to weigh.”
- Daniel 5:28 Uparsin Literally, “ peres,” a weight. This word is like the word meaning “to divide” or “to split.” It is also like the name of the country of Persia.
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