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Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine,commanded to bring the golden and silvervessels which his fatherNebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.
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Then they brought the goldenvessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines,drank in them.
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In the same hour came forthfingers of a man'shand, and wrote over against the candlestickupon the plaister of the wall of the king'spalace: and the kingsaw the part of the hand that wrote.
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Then the king'scountenance was changed, and his thoughtstroubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his kneessmoteone against another.
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The kingcriedaloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the kingspake, and said to the wise men of Babylon,Whosoevershallreadthiswriting, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of goldabout his neck, and shall be the thirdruler in the kingdom.
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Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords,came into the banquethouse: and the queenspake and said, O king,live for ever: let not thy thoughtstrouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed:
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There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holygods; and in the days of thy fatherlight and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the kingNebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father,mademaster of the magicians,astrologers,Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
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Forasmuch asanexcellentspirit, and knowledge, and understanding,interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the kingnamed*Belteshazzar:now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
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Then was Daniel brought inbefore the king. And the kingspake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my fatherbrought out ofJewry?
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And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should readthiswriting, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they couldnotshew the interpretation of the thing:
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And I have heard of thee, that thou canstmakeinterpretations, and dissolvedoubts:nowif thou canstread the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of goldabout thy neck, and shalt be the thirdruler in the kingdom.
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ThenDanielanswered and saidbefore the king, Let thy giftsbe to thyself, and give thy rewards to another;yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
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And for the majesty that he gave him, allpeople,nations, and languages,trembled* and fearedbeforehim: whom he would* he slew*; and whom he would* he kept alive*; and whom he would* he set up*; and whom he would* he put down*.
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And he was drivenfrom the sons of men; and his heart was madelike the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven;till he knew that the most highGodruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointethover it whomsoever he will.
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But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his housebefore thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunkwine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass,iron,wood, and stone, which seenot,norhear, norknow: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou notglorified:
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ThencommandedBelshazzar, and they clothedDaniel with scarlet, and put a chain of goldabout his neck, and made a proclamationconcerning him, that he should be the thirdruler in the kingdom.