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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple in Jerusalem be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Then they brought in the golden vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Immediately the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, opposite the lampstand. And the king saw the hand as it wrote. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Then the king’s color changed, and his thoughts alarmed him; his limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7The king called loudly to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king declared to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.” |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Then all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or make known to the king the interpretation. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Then King Belshazzar was greatly alarmed, and his color changed, and his lords were perplexed. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banqueting hall, and the queen declared, “O king, live forever! Let not your thoughts alarm you or your color change. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him, and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father the king—made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and astrologers, |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12because an excellent spirit, knowledge, and understanding to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.” |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king answered and said to Daniel, “You are that Daniel, one of the exiles of Judah, whom the king my father brought from Judah. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14I have heard of you that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, but they could not show the interpretation of the matter. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16But I have heard that you can give interpretations and solve problems. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around your neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.” |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Then Daniel answered and said before the king, “Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to the king and make known to him the interpretation. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father kingship and greatness and glory and majesty. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19And because of the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was brought down from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21He was driven from among the children of mankind, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, until he knew that the Most High God rules the kingdom of mankind and sets over it whom he will. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22And you his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this, |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23but you have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven. And the vessels of his house have been brought in before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know, but the God in whose hand is your breath, and whose are all your ways, you have not honored. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24“Then from his presence the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25And this is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26This is the interpretation of the matter: Mene, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Tekel, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting; |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.” |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30That very night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was killed. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old. |
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