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Daniel 5:3

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3 Alors on apporta les vases d'or qui avaient été enlevés du temple, de la maison de Dieu, à Jérusalem; et le roi et ses grands, ses femmes et ses concubines y burent.

Daniel 5:3 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 5:3

Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the
temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem
That is, the servants to whom the orders were given fetched them from the temple of Bel, and brought them to the king's house; and though only mention is made of golden vessels, yet no doubt the silver ones were also brought, according to the king's command: and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in
them;
by which they were profaned, being dedicated to holy uses, but now put to common use, and that by such impious persons; and who did it, not on account of the value and antiquity of these vessels, and in admiration of them, and to the honour of their festival; but in contempt of them, and in a profane and scurrilous way, as follows:

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Daniel 5:3 In-Context

1 Le roi Belshatsar donna un grand festin à ses mille grands seigneurs, et en présence de ces mille il but du vin.
2 Belshatsar, animé par le goût du vin, ordonna qu'on apportât les vases d'or et d'argent que Nébucadnetsar, son père, avait enlevés du temple de Jérusalem, afin que le roi et ses grands, ses femmes et ses concubines y bussent.
3 Alors on apporta les vases d'or qui avaient été enlevés du temple, de la maison de Dieu, à Jérusalem; et le roi et ses grands, ses femmes et ses concubines y burent.
4 Ils burent du vin et ils louèrent les dieux d'or et d'argent, d'airain, de fer, de bois et de pierre.
5 A ce moment-là, on vit sortir les doigts d'une main d'homme, et ils écrivaient vis-à-vis du chandelier, sur l'enduit de la muraille du palais royal; et le roi vit cette partie de main qui écrivait.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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