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Daniel 5:26-28
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“Here is what these words mean: Mene
[a]
: God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
27
Tekel
[b]
: You have been weighed on the scales and found wanting.
28
Peres
[c]
: Your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
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Jeremiah 27:7
2.
Isaiah 13:6
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Job 6:2
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Psalms 62:9
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Isaiah 13:17
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Jeremiah 27:7
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Jeremiah 50:41-43
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Daniel 6:28
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[a].
"Mene" can mean "numbered" or "mina" (a unit of money).
[b].
"Tekel" can mean "weighed" or "shekel" .
[c].
"Peres" (the singular of "Parsin" ) can mean "divided" or "Persia" or "a half mina" or "a half shekel" .
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