27 tekel means that you’ve been weighed on the scales, and you don’t measure up.
28 peres means your kingship is divided and given to the Medes and the Persians."
29 Then Belshazzar commanded that Daniel be dressed in a purple robe, have a gold chain around his neck, and be officially appointed as third in command in the kingdom.
30 That very same night, Belshazzar the Chaldean king was killed.
31 Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of 62.