Daniel:5

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* Belshazzar the king made a great feast for a thousand of his lords , and drank wine before the thousand . * Belshazzar , while he tasted the wine , commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem , that the king and his lords , his wives and his concubines , m * Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem . And the king and his lords , his wives and his concubines , drank from them . * They drank wine , and praised the gods of gold , and of silver , of brass , of iron , of wood , and of stone . * In the same hour the fingers of a man 's hand came forth , and wrote opposite the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king 's palace . And the king saw the part of the hand that wrote . * Then the king 's countenance was changed in him , and his thoughts troubled him . And the joints of his loins were loosed , and his knees smote one against another . * The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters , the Chaldeans , and the soothsayers . The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon , Whoever shall read this writing , and show me the interpretation of it , shall be clothed with p * Then all the king 's wise men came in , but they could not read the writing , nor make known to the king the interpretation . * Then king Belshazzar was greatly troubled , and his countenance was changed in him , and his lords were perplexed . * [Now ] the queen came into the banquet house because of the words of the king and his lords . The queen spoke and said , O king , live forever . Let not thy thoughts trouble thee , nor let thy countenance be changed . * There is a man in thy kingdom , in whom is the spirit of the holy gods . And in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom , like the wisdom of the gods , were found in him . And the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father , the ki * inasmuch as an excellent spirit , and knowledge , and understanding , interpreting of dreams , and showing of dark sentences , and dissolving of doubts , were found in the same Daniel , whom the king named Belteshazzar . Now let Daniel be * Then Daniel was brought in before the king . The king spoke and said to Daniel , Are thou that Daniel , who are of the sons of the captivity of Judah , whom my father the king brought out of Judah ? * I have heard of thee , that the spirit of the gods is in thee , and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom are found in thee . * And now the wise men , the enchanters , have been brought in before me , that they should read this writing , and make known to me the interpretation of it , but they could not show the interpretation of the thing . * But I have heard of thee , that thou can give interpretations , and dissolve doubts . Now if thou can read the writing , and make known to me the interpretation of it , thou shall be clothed with purple , and have a chain of gold about t * Then Daniel answered and said before the king , Let thy gifts be to thyself , and give thy rewards to another . Nevertheless I will read the writing to the king , and make known to him the interpretation . * O thou king , the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father the kingdom and greatness and glory and majesty . * And because of the greatness that he gave him , all the peoples , nations , and languages trembled and feared before him . Whom he wanted , he killed , and whom he wanted , he kept alive , and whom he wanted , he raised up , and whom he want * But when his heart was lifted up , and his spirit was hardened so that he dealt proudly , he was deposed from his kingly throne . And they took his glory from him , * and he was driven from the sons of men . And his heart was made like the beasts ', and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys . He was fed with grass like oxen , and his body was wet with the dew of heaven , until he knew that the Most * And thou his son , O Belshazzar , have not humbled thy heart , though thou knew all this , * but have lifted up thyself against LORD of heaven . And they have brought the vessels of his house before thee , and thou and thy lords , thy wives and thy concubines , have drunk wine from them . And thou have praised the gods of silve * Then the part of the hand was sent from before him , and this writing was inscribed . * And this is the writing that was inscribed : MENE , MENE , TEKEL , UPHARSIN . * This is the interpretation of the thing : MENE , God has numbered thy kingdom , and brought it to an end . * TEKEL , thou are weighed in the balances , and are found wanting . * PERES , thy kingdom is divided , and given to the Medes and Persians . * 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 . * In that night Belshazzar the Chaldean King was slain . * And Darius the Mede received the kingdom , being about sixty-two years old .

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