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• Again, in this passage, we observe the use of Aramaic, rather than Hebrew, in the events which are narrated. We shall examine this passage more fully in the lessons on Biblical Aramaic, but the Aramaic words Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin meant Number, Number, Weight, Divisions.
• Daniel explains the meaning of the words to the terrified king and his blasphemous people. The writing was on the wall. The Babylonian Empire would end that very night, to be replaced by the Medo-Persian Empire:
• Dan. 5:30   In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. 31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.