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Daniel 5:28-30
GOD’S WORD Translation
Daniel 5:28-30
GOD’S WORD Translation
28 Divided—your kingdom will be divided and given to the Medes and Persians.” [a]
29 Then Belshazzar ordered that Daniel be dressed in purple and wear a gold chain on his neck. He made Daniel the third-highest ruler in the kingdom. 30 That night King Belshazzar of Babylon was killed.[b]
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- 5:28 There is a play on words here between Aramaic peres (divided ) and paras (Persians ).
- 5:30 Daniel 5:31 in English Bibles is Daniel 6:1 in the Hebrew Bible.
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