24. then from before him was sent the part of the hand, and this writing hath been written.
25. And this is the writing that is written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
26. This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it;
27. TEKEL, Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting;
28. PERES, Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
29. Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30. In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
31. And Darius the Mede received the kingdom, being about sixty-two years old.