24. Therefore, he has sent the part of the hand which has written this, which has been inscribed.
25. But this is the writing that has been decreed: MANE, THECEL, PHARES.
26. And this is the interpretation of the words. MANE: God has numbered your kingdom and has finished it.
27. THECEL: you have been weighed on the scales and found lacking.
28. PHARES: your kingdom has been divided and has been given to the Medes and the Persians.
29. Then, by the king's command, Daniel was dressed with purple, and a chain of gold was placed around his neck, and it was proclaimed of him that he held power as the third in the kingdom.
30. That same night, king Belshazzar the Chaldean was killed.