24. By him was the hand sent, and the writing set down.
25. “This is the writing that was inscribed: Mene, Tekel, and Peres. These words mean:
26. Mene, God has numbered your kingdom and put an end to it;
27. Tekel, you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting;
28. Peres, your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
29. Then by order of Belshazzar they clothed Daniel in purple, with a chain of gold around his neck, and proclaimed him third in governing the kingdom.
30. That very night Belshazzar, the Chaldean king, was slain: