24. So then the palm of the hand was sent out from his presence and this writing was inscribed.
25. “Now this was the writing that was inscribed: ‘Mene, Mene, Tekel and Parsin.’
26. “This is the explanation of the matter: ‘Mene’—God has numbered your kingdom and brought an end to it.
27. “ ‘Tekel’—you have been weighed on scales and you have been found wanting.
28. “ ‘Peres’—your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and Persians.’ ”
29. Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with purple and placed a necklace of gold around his neck, and they made a proclamation concerning him that he would be the third ruler in authority in the kingdom.