24. Therefore the palm of a hand was sent from him, and this writing was inscribed.
25. “This is the writing that was inscribed: mene, mene, teqel, and pharsin.
26. This is the interpretation of the words: As for mene – God has numbered your kingdom’s days and brought it to an end.
27. As for teqel – you are weighed on the balances and found to be lacking.
28. As for peres – your kingdom is divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”
29. Then, on Belshazzar’s orders, Daniel was clothed in purple, a golden collar was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed third ruler in the kingdom.
30. And in that very night Belshazzar, the Babylonian king, was killed.
31. (6:1) So Darius the Mede took control of the kingdom when he was about sixty-two years old.