24. Therefore he sent the hand that wrote the inscription.
25. ‘This is the inscription that was written:mene, mene, tekel, parsin
26. ‘Here is what these words mean:Mene: God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
27. Tekel: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
28. Peres: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.’
29. Then at Belshazzar’s command, Daniel was clothed in purple, a gold chain was placed round his neck, and he was proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
30. That very night Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians, was slain,