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Daniel 5:28-30
Expanded Bible
Daniel 5:28-30
Expanded Bible
28 Parsin [C “Divided”]: Your kingdom is being divided and will be given to the Medes and the Persians [C from the Iranian plateau].”
29 Then Belshazzar gave an order for Daniel to be dressed in purple clothes [C befitting a king] and to have a gold chain put around his neck. And it was announced that Daniel was the third highest ruler in the kingdom [v. 7]. 30 That very same night Belshazzar, king of the ·Babylonian people [L Chaldeans], was killed.
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Daniel 5:28-30
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Daniel 5:28-30
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29 Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck,(C) and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.(D)
30 That very night Belshazzar,(E) king(F) of the Babylonians,[b] was slain,(G)
Footnotes
- Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) can mean divided or Persia or a half mina or a half shekel.
- Daniel 5:30 Or Chaldeans
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