24 Then the hand was sent from Him, and this inscription was written.
25 “This is the inscription that was written:
26 “This is the interpretation of the message:Mene: God has numbered your kingdom and put an end to it.
27 Tekel: you have been weighed in the balances and are found wanting.
28 Peres: your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
29 Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
30 That same night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was slain.