²⁵ And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

^{26 Ref} This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

^{27 Ref} TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

^{28 Ref} PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.

^{29 Ref} Then commanded Belshazzar, 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 Ref} In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

^{31 Ref} And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.