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Daniel 5:27
TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.
Daniel 5:27 · Berean Standard Bible
Daniel 5:27 in other translations
TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.
TEKEL: you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
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In context
24 Therefore He sent the hand that wrote the inscription.
25 Now this is the inscription that was written: MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.
26 And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.
27 TEKEL means that you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient.
28 PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”
29 Then Belshazzar gave the command, and they clothed Daniel in purple, placed a gold chain around his neck, and proclaimed him the third highest ruler in the kingdom.
30 That very night Belshazzar king of the Chaldeans was slain,
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