⁷ The king called out loudly to bring in the ^(A)conjurers, the ^[a]Chaldeans, and the diviners. The king answered and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Any man who can read this writing and declare its interpretation to me shall be ^(B)clothed with purple and have a ^(C)necklace of gold around his neck and rule with power as ^[b](D)third ruler in the kingdom.”

²⁹ Then Belshazzar said the word, and they ^(A)clothed Daniel with purple and put a necklace of gold around his neck and issued a proclamation concerning him that he now would be the ^[a]third powerful ruler in the kingdom.