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in reply to a message by Ondinnonk
None of the names from the book are found in English language Bibles as names, though perhaps they occur in translations of the Bible into other languages.
"Mene" occurs as a word in the fifth chapter of the Book of Daniel, where Daniel is asked to interpret the meaning of words that have been written on the plaster of a wall in the king's palace by a disembodied hand. Here are verses 24-29, where the word occurs:
24 "So from his presence the hand was sent and this writing was inscribed. 25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: mene, mene, tekel, and parsin. 26 This is the interpretation of the matter: mene, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; 27 tekel, you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting; 28 peres, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians." 29 Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was clothed in purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made concerning him that he should rank third in the kingdom.
"Mene" occurs as a word in the fifth chapter of the Book of Daniel, where Daniel is asked to interpret the meaning of words that have been written on the plaster of a wall in the king's palace by a disembodied hand. Here are verses 24-29, where the word occurs:
24 "So from his presence the hand was sent and this writing was inscribed. 25 And this is the writing that was inscribed: mene, mene, tekel, and parsin. 26 This is the interpretation of the matter: mene, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; 27 tekel, you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting; 28 peres, your kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians." 29 Then Belshazzar gave the command, and Daniel was clothed in purple, a chain of gold was put around his neck, and a proclamation was made concerning him that he should rank third in the kingdom.
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