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28 Peres:[a] your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

29 Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

30 That same night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was slain.

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  1. Daniel 5:28 Meaning to divide.

28 Peres[a]: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes(A) and Persians.”(B)

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)

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) can mean divided or Persia or a half mina or a half shekel.
  2. Daniel 5:30 Or Chaldeans