Daniel 5:28-30

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²⁸Uparsin^[a]:
Your kingdom is being taken from you.
It will be divided among the Medes and Persians.”

²⁹Then 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. ³⁰That very same night, Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians, was killed.

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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.