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## Daniel 5:28-31 in Context (Verses 25–31 KJV)
 
 [25 ](/kjv/daniel/5/25) ¶ And this *is* the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
 
 [26 ](/kjv/daniel/5/26) This *is* the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.
 
 [27 ](/kjv/daniel/5/27) TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
 
 [28 ](/kjv/daniel/5/28) PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
 
 [29 ](/kjv/daniel/5/29) 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.
 
 [30 ](/kjv/daniel/5/30) ¶ In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
 
 [31 ](/kjv/daniel/5/31) And Darius the Median took the kingdom, *being* about threescore and two years old.**
 
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