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Daniel 5 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:1 - King Belshaz'zar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine in front of the thousand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:2 - Belshaz'zar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that the vessels of gold and of silver which Nebuchadnez'zar 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:3 - Then they brought in the golden and silver vessels which 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:4 - They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:5 - Immediately the fingers of a man's 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:6 - Then the king's color changed, and his thoughts alarmed him; his limbs gave way, and his knees knocked together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:7 - The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chalde'ans, and the astrologers. The king said 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 about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom."

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:8 - Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or make known to the king the interpretation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:9 - Then King Belshaz'zar was greatly alarmed, and his color changed; and his lords were perplexed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:10 - The queen, because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banqueting hall; and the queen said, "O king, live for ever! Let not your thoughts alarm you or your color change.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:11 - There is in your kingdom a man 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 Nebuchadnez'zar, your father, made him chief of the magicians, enchanters, Chalde'ans, and astrologers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:12 - because an excellent spirit, knowledge, and understanding to interpret dreams, explain riddles, and solve problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshaz'zar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation."

Daniel Interprets Handwriting on the Wall

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:13 - Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king said to Daniel, "You are that Daniel, one of the exiles of Judah, whom the king my father brought from Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:14 - I have heard of you that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:15 - Now 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:16 - But 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 about your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:17 - Then Daniel answered 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:18 - O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnez'zar your father kingship and greatness and glory and majesty;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:19 - and because of the greatness that he gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him; whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; whom he would he raised up, and whom he would he put down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:20 - But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and his glory was taken from him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:21 - he was driven from among men, and his mind was made like that of a beast, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; 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 men, and sets over it whom he will.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:22 - And you his son, Belshaz'zar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:23 - but 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:24 - "Then from his presence the hand was sent, and this writing was inscribed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:25 - And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, and PARSIN.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:26 - This is the interpretation of the matter: MENE, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:27 - TEKEL, you have been weighed in the balances and found wanting;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:28 - PERES, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians."

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:29 - Then Belshaz'zar commanded, and Daniel was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put about his neck, and proclamation was made concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:30 - That very night Belshaz'zar the Chalde'an king was slain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 5:31 - And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.
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