Passage · Old Testament
Daniel 5:23-30
Dan.5.23-Dan.5.30
Explore this passage in the graph23Instead, you have set yourself up against the Lord of heaven. You had the goblets from his temple brought to you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or understand. But you did not honor the God who holds in his hand your life and all your ways. 24Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription. 25“This is the inscription that was written: mene, mene, tekel, parsin 26“Here is what these words mean: Mene : God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end. 27Tekel : You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting. 28Peres : Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.” 29Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom. 30That very night Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians, was slain, Read this passage at the publisher: Read in NIV · Read in ESV
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