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Daniel 5

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 5 of 12

1 Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his nobles. And he drank wine before the thousand.

2 When tasting the wine, Belshazzar commanded the golden and silver vessels brought, those his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, that the king and his nobles, his wives, and his concubines might drink with them.

3 Then they brought the vessels of gold that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was in Jerusalem. And the king, his nobles, his wives, and his concubines drank with them.

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Chapter Summary

Belshazzar's impious feast. A handwriting, unknown to the magicians, Daniel reads it.

Key Hebrew Words

פְּרֵ֑ס break in two H6537 · TWOT 2945
יַתִּירָ֡ה pre-eminent H3493 · TWOT 2781
שוי become like H7739 · TWOT 3023
תִּֽקְפַ֣ת grow strong H8631 · TWOT 3065
שַׁלִּ֞יט having mastery H7990 · TWOT 3034b

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The Writing on the Wall

King Belshazzar held a great feast and proudly drank wine from the sacred golden vessels taken from the Jerusalem temple. A mysterious hand appeared a…

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The Writing on the Wall

King Belshazzar held a great feast and proudly drank wine from the sacred golden vessels taken from the Jerusalem temple. A mysterious hand appeared and wrote on the plaster, and Daniel interpreted the message to mean God had numbered and finished Belshazzar's kingdom, leading to the king being killed that very night [24-26].

Daniel 5:1-30

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