Book 27 : DANIEL - Chapter 005
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Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the
golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had
taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king,
and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink
therein
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Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of
the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the
king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in
them
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They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver,
of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone
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In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote
over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of
the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that
wrote
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Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts
troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and
his knees smote one against another
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The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the
Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said
to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing,
and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with
scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be
the third ruler in the kingdom
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Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read
the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation
thereof
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Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance
was changed in him, and his lords were astonied
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Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords
came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O
king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor
let thy countenance be changed
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There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the
holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and
understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was
found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the
king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians,
astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers
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Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and
understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard
sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same
Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be
called, and he will shew the interpretation
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Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake
and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the
children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father
brought out of Jewry
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I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in
thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is
found in thee
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And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in
before me, that they should read this writing, and make known
unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew
the interpretation of the thing
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And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make
interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read
the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof,
thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold
about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom
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Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts
be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will
read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the
interpretation
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O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father
a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour
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And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and
languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he
slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he
set up; and whom he would he put down
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But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in
pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took
his glory from him
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And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made
like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses:
they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with
the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled
in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it
whomsoever he will
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And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart,
though thou knewest all this
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But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and
they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and
thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk
wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and
gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor
hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and
whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified
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Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing
was written
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And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL,
UPHARSIN
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This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath
numbered thy kingdom, and finished it
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TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found
wanting
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PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and
Persians
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Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with
scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a
proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler
in the kingdom
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In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain
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And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore
and two years old
Book 27 : DANIEL - Chapter 005
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