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Daniel 5:28-30
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28 Parsin[a] means ‘divided’—your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”

29 Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was dressed in purple robes, a gold chain was hung around his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.

30 That very night Belshazzar, the Babylonian[b] king, was killed.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 5:28 Aramaic Peres, the singular of Parsin.
  2. 5:30a Or Chaldean.
  3. 5:30b The Persians and Medes conquered Babylon in October 539 B.c.
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