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Verse Daniel 5:25. _AND THIS_ IS _THE WRITING_] Had the words been
written in the _Chaldean_ character, every wise man there, every one
that could read the _alphabet of his own language_, could have r...
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AND THIS IS THE WRITING THAT WAS WRITTEN - The Babylonians, it would
seem, were unacquainted with the “characters” that were used, and
of course unable to understand the meaning. See Daniel 5:8. The f...
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CHAPTER 5 BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST
_ 1. Belshazzar's licentious feast (Daniel 5:1)_
2. The writing on the wall (Daniel 5:5)
3. Forgotten Daniel (Daniel 5:10)
4. The message of Daniel ...
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DANIEL 5. Belshazzar, who is represented as king of Babylon, makes a
great feast, using the vessels which his father had brought to Babylon
from the Temple at Jerusalem. During the feast the fingers o...
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AND THIS IS THE WRITING... MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.
Daniel, before the interpretation, takes occasion to explain why the
judgment has come. The king is reminded of his awful sin. Then the
hand di...
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MENE, MENE. NUMBERED, NUMBERED. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis_ (App-6),
for great emphasis. Chaldee. _mene', mene_. = numbered [yea] ended.
See note on Jeremiah 27:7.
TEKEL. WEIGHED. Chaldee. _tekel_ ...
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The reading and interpretation of the writing....
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_written_ INSCRIBED (R.V.). The word is not the one that ordinarily
means _to write_, but one that means rather _to print_or _stamp_.
Mene (pron. _měnê_, to rhyme with _bewray_), Mene, Tekel (pron.
_...
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MENE, &C.— These words are fully explained by Daniel in the
following verses. The word _Mene_ is doubled, to shew that the thing
is certain and established by God; as Joseph told Pharaoh in a similar...
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d. TRAGEDY
TEXT: Daniel 5:24-31
24
then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing
was inscribed,
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And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL,
UPHARSIN....
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And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL,
UPHARSIN.
MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN - literally, numbered, weighed, and dividers....
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5:25 UPHARSIN. (b-12) 'Numbered, numbered, weighed, and divided.'...
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BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST
Belshazzar, king of Babylon, holds a great feast, at which he
profanely uses the sacred vessels taken by Nebuchadnezzar from the
Temple at Jerusalem (Daniel 5:1). He is terrified at...
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THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD
DANIEL
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 5
V1 King Belshazzar had a big party. He invited a thousand important
people and he drank wine with them. V2 As Belshazzar drank wine,...
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MENE... — It should be remarked that the word _Mene,_ which occurs
twice in the inscription, is found only once in the interpretation,
and that the “Medes” who are mentioned in the interpretation are...
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וּ דְנָ֥ה כְתָבָ֖א דִּ֣י רְשִׁ֑ים
מְנֵ֥א מְנֵ
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THE FIERY INSCRIPTION
IN this chapter again we have another magnificent fresco-picture,
intended, as was the last-but under circumstances of aggravated guilt
and more terrible menace-to teach the les...
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WEIGHED AND FOUND WANTING
Daniel 5:17-31
Daniel was unperturbed and undismayed. Calm and collected, he
recognized his Father's handwriting, and read it, as the instructed
may decipher a scroll which...
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The next scene is cast in the reign of Belshazzar. He had succeeded to
the throne of his father, and was a man of profligate habits. No
details are given of his reign, but a graphic picture is set bef...
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And this [is] the writing that was written, (n) MENE, MENE, TEKEL,
UPHARSIN.
(n) This word is written twice because of the certainty of the thing,
showing that God had most surely decided: it signifi...
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Phares. These words consist of three letters, mona, thokol, pros, as
we add o merely for pronunciation. Being unconnected and almost
destitute of vowels, (Haydock) it is not easy even for the learned...
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There is some little difficulty to an ordinary Reader in observing,
that the words of the hand writing on the wall, and the manner of
Daniel's interpreting them are not the same. The word MENE is twic...
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Daniel here explains these four verses which were written upon the
wall. The king could not read them, either through stupor, or because
God blunted all his senses, and blinded his eyes, as was former...
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In chapter 5 the iniquity of the head of the Gentiles with respect to
the God of Israel reaches the highest point, and assumes that
character of insolence and contempt which is but the effort of
weakn...
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And this [is] the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL,
UPHARSIN.
Ver. 25. _MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN._] These words signify, He hath
perfectly numbered, he hath weighed, and it falleth in p...
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_Then was part of the hand sent from him_ The LXX. read, Δια
τουτο εκ προσωπου αυτου απεσταλη
αστραγαλος χειρος, και την γραφην
ταυτην ενεταξε. “On this account hath the joint, or
part of a hand, been...
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THE INTERPRETATION AND THE FULFILMENT...
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And this is the writing that was written, Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin,
literally, "numbered, numbered, weighed, and divided. ...
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18-31 Daniel reads Belshazzar's doom. He had not taken warning by the
judgments upon Nebuchadnezzar. And he had insulted God. Sinners are
pleased with gods that neither see, nor hear, nor know; but t...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Daniel 5:25 this H1836 inscription H3792 written H7560 (H8752) MENE
H4484 (H8752) MENE H4484 (H8752) TEKEL...
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“Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this
writing was inscribed. And this is the writing that was inscribed,
MENEMENETEKELUPHARSIN. This is the interpretation of the thing:
· MENE...
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Daniel 5:1 , DANIEL 5:6; DANIEL 5:25; DANIEL 5:28
The case of Belshazzar may be fairly assumed as a case of clear and
powerful conviction of sin which did not
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Daniel 5:1
I. Belshazzar's feast was characterised by great intemperance.
II. It was characterised by great profanity.
III. This night was one of supernatural visitation.
IV. This was a night of t...
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CONTENTS: Daniel's personal history under Belshazzar and Darius. The
pride of Belshazzar and his downfall. The writing on the wall. Its
interpretation and fulfillment.
CHARACTERS: God, Belshazzar, Qu...
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Daniel 5:2. _Belshazzar his father Nebuchadnezzar._ Belshazzar was the
son of Evilmerodach, and grandson of Nebuchadnezzar. The empire
therefore falling at this time, fulfilled the prophecy, that all...
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_And this writing was written._
WRITING ON THE WALL AT BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST
I. THE SCENE IN WHICH IT OCCURRED. An eastern palace.
1. It was a scene of drunkenness and revelling. The narrative makes
th...
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DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:1 Daniel explains to Belshazzar, the last
king of Babylon, that the writing on the wall is a message that the
true God rules over all. In his own time, this true God will vindi...
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DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:13 Daniel alone is able to decipher the
writing on the wall. It is a message from the true God, telling of the
end of the Babylonian Empire.
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DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:25 Daniel interpreted the WRITING... MENE,
MENE, TEKEL, AND PARSIN. The words are clearly Aramaic. They describe
a sequence of weights, decreasing from a mina to a shekel to a...
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_HOMILETICS_
SECT. XVII.—BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST (Chap. 5.)
This chapter deservedly a favourite with general readers [126]. The
magnificence, excitement, and revelry of the royal feast; the
profligate kin...
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EXPOSITION
DANIEL 5:1
BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST.
In regard to this chapter the peculiar state of the Septuagint text
has to be noted. At the beginning of the chapter there are three
verses which seem to be...
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Shall we turn now in our Bible to Daniel, chapter 5.
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and
drank wine before the thousands (Daniel 5:1).
There are men who call themse...
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Daniel 5:25...