Daniel 5:5-9

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5 Suddenly the fingers of a man’s hand came out and began writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace, and the king saw the ¹back of the hand that did the writing. 6 Then the ¹^asplendor of the king’s face changed, and his thoughts alarmed him, and his ^bhip joints ²went slack, and his ^cknees were knocking against each other. 7 The king called out loudly to bring in the ^aconjurers, the ¹Chaldeans, and the diviners. The king answered and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Any man who can read this writing and declare its interpretation to me shall be ^bclothed with purple and have a ^cnecklace of gold around his neck and rule with power as ²^dthird ruler in the kingdom.” 8 Then all the king’s wise men came in, but ^athey could not read the writing or make known its interpretation to the king. 9 Then King Belshazzar was greatly ^aalarmed, and the ¹^bsplendor of his face changed further, and his nobles were perplexed.