Daniel 5:26-28

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²⁶This is what the words mean:

Mene means “counted”. It shows that God has counted the days of your kingdom. Now these days are finished. Your kingdom has come to an end.

²⁷Tekel means “weighed”. It shows that God has weighed you. But the scales show that you are too light.

²⁸Peres means “separate”.^[a] It shows that God has cut your kingdom into two separate parts. He has given it to the people from Media and Persia.’

5:28 Parsin and Peres are the same word. Peres is for one (singular) and Parsin is for many (plural). Peres also sounds like Persia. Persia was the country that we call Iran today.

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