24. Therefore, He sent the hand, and this writing was inscribed.
25. “This is the writing that was inscribed:MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.
26. This is the interpretation of the message:MENE means that God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end.
27. TEKEL means that you have been weighed in the balance and found deficient.
28. PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
29. Then Belshazzar gave an order, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and issued a proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30. That very night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was killed,
31. and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of 62.