26 This is the interpretation of each word. MENE: God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it;

27 TEKEL: ^aYou have been weighed in the balances, and found wanting;  ‡

29 Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a chain of gold around his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him ^athat he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.  ‡

30 ^aThat very night Belshazzar, king of the Chaldeans, was slain.  ‡