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A hand wrote on the palace wall
At Belshazzar's feast, fingers of a man's hand wrote on the wall; Daniel read and explained the words. Daniel 5:5Daniel 5:25–28
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"In the same hour, the fingers of a man's hand came out and wrote near the lamp stand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace." The king turned pale. Daniel 5:5–6
Daniel read the words MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN and explained them; that night Belshazzar was killed. Daniel 5:25–30
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Daniel 5:5 WEB
5In the same hour, the fingers of a man’s hand came out and wrote near the lamp stand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace. The king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
Daniel 5:25–28 WEB
25“This is the writing that was inscribed: ‘MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.’ 26“This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE: God has counted your kingdom, and brought it to an end. 27TEKEL: you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting. 28PERES: your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.”