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Daniel 5:27

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TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

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  1. Daniel 5:25

    And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

  2. Daniel 5:26

    This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

  3. Daniel 5:28

    PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

  4. 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.

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