The Inscription’s Interpretation

25 “This is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Mene, Tekel, and Parsin. 26 This is the interpretation of the message:

‘Mene’[a] means that God has numbered[b] the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end.(A)

27 ‘Tekel’[c] means that you have been weighed[d] on the balance and found deficient.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:26 Or a mina
  2. 5:26 The Aramaic word for numbered sounds like mene.
  3. 5:27 Or a shekel
  4. 5:27 The Aramaic word for weighed sounds like tekel.

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