24. So he sent the hand to write this inscription.
25. This is what has been written: Numbered, Numbered, Weighed, and Divided.
26. This is its meaning: Numbered—God has numbered the days of your kingdom and will bring it to an end.
27. Weighed—you have been weighed on a scale and found to be too light.
28. Divided—your kingdom will be divided and given to the Medes and Persians.”
29. Then Belshazzar ordered that Daniel be dressed in purple and wear a gold chain on his neck. He made Daniel the third-highest ruler in the kingdom.
30. That night King Belshazzar of Babylon was killed.
31. Darius the Mede took over the kingdom. He was 62 years old.