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Read Full Chapter (Daniel 5) Daniel 5:27-28 KJV
"TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians."
Daniel Chapter 5, Verse 27-28
Daniel 5:27-28 in Context (Verses 24–31 KJV)
24
Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.
25
¶ And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26
This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
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TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
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PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
29
Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
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¶ In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
31
And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.**