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Daniel 5:27-29
New Living Translation
Daniel 5:27-29
New Living Translation
27 Tekel means ‘weighed’—you have been weighed on the balances and have not measured up.
28 Parsin[a] means ‘divided’—your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
29 Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was dressed in purple robes, a gold chain was hung around his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
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- 5:28 Aramaic Peres, the singular of Parsin.
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