Daniel 5:28-31
The Message
28 “Peres: Your kingdom has been divided up and handed over to the Medes and Persians.”
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29 Belshazzar did what he had promised. He robed Daniel in purple, draped the great gold chain around his neck, and promoted him to third-in-charge in the kingdom.
30-31 That same night the Babylonian king Belshazzar was murdered. Darius the Mede was sixty-two years old when he succeeded him as king.
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Daniel 5:28-30
English Standard Version
28 Peres, your kingdom is divided and given to (A)the Medes and (B)Persians.”[a]
29 Then (C)Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel (D)was clothed with purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made about him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30 (E)That very night (F)Belshazzar the (G)Chaldean king was killed.
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- Daniel 5:28 Peres (the singular of Parsin) sounds like the Aramaic for divided and for Persia
Daniel 5:28-30
Evangelical Heritage Version
28 Parsin[a] means that your kingdom has been broken in two and given to the Medes and the Persians.
29 Then Belshazzar spoke, and they dressed Daniel in purple, with a gold chain around his neck, and they made him the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
Darius Receives the Kingdom
30 That very night, King Belshazzar the Chaldean was killed.
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- Daniel 5:28 Parsin means “divided” and suggests half shekel. It also sounds like the word “Persians.”
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