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Daniel 5:7-9
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7 The king cried aloud[a] to bring in the conjurers,[b] the astrologers[c] and the diviners; the king spoke[d] and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Any man that can read this writing and can tell me its explanation will be clothed in purple and will have a necklace of gold hung around his neck and he will rule as third in authority in the kingdom.” 8 Then all the wise men of the king came in, but they were not able to read the writing or to make known its explanation.[e] 9 Then the king, Belshazzar, became greatly terrified, and his facial features[f] changed upon him, and his lords[g] were perplexed.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:7 Literally “with strength”
  2. Daniel 5:7 Or “enchanters”
  3. Daniel 5:7 Literally “Chaldeans”
  4. Daniel 5:7 Literally “answered”
  5. Daniel 5:8 Aramaic “the explanation/ interpretation”
  6. Daniel 5:9 Literally “shining of his face”
  7. Daniel 5:9 Or “nobles”
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