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Daniel 5:27-29
Common English Bible
Daniel 5:27-29
Common English Bible
27 tekel means that you’ve been weighed[a] on the scales, and you don’t measure up. 28 peres[b] means your kingship is divided[c] and given to the Medes and the Persians.”[d]
29 Then Belshazzar commanded that Daniel be dressed in a purple robe, have a gold chain around his neck, and be officially appointed as third in command in the kingdom.
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- Daniel 5:27 Aram teqal, which is a wordplay with Tekel
- Daniel 5:28 The singular form of the plural Parsin in 5:25
- Daniel 5:28 Aram peras, which is a wordplay with Parsin
- Daniel 5:28 Aram Paras, another wordplay with Parsin
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