Daniel 5:25

5:25 “This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, ¹  TEQEL, and PHARSIN. ² 

Daniel 6:9

6:9 So King Darius issued the written interdict.

Daniel 5:8

5:8 So all the king’s wise men came in, but they were unable to read the writing or to make known its ³  interpretation to the king.

Daniel 5:17

Daniel Interprets the Handwriting on the Wall

5:17 But Daniel replied to the king, “Keep your gifts, and give your rewards to someone else! However, I will read the writing for the king and make known its ⁴  interpretation.

Daniel 6:8

6:8 Now let the king issue a written interdict ⁵  so that it cannot be altered, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed. ⁶ 

Daniel 5:16

5:16 However, I have heard ⁷  that you are able to provide interpretations and to decipher knotty problems. Now if you are able to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, you will wear purple and have a golden collar around your neck and be third ⁸  ruler in the kingdom.”

Daniel 6:10

6:10 When Daniel realized ⁹  that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows ¹⁰  in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. ¹¹  Three ¹²  times daily he was ¹³  kneeling ¹⁴  and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.

[5:25]  ¹ tc The Greek version of Theodotion lacks the repetition of מְנֵא (mÿne’, cf. NAB).

[5:25]  ² tc The Aramaic word is plural. Theodotion has the singular (cf. NAB “PERES”).

[5:8]  ³ tc Read וּפִשְׁרֵהּ (ufishreh) with the Qere rather than וּפִשְׁרָא (ufishra’) of the Kethib.

[5:17]  ⁵ tn Or “the.”

[6:8]  ⁷ tn Aram “establish a written interdict and inscribe a written decree.”

[6:8]  ⁸ tn Or “removed.”

[5:16]  ⁹ tn The Aramaic text has also the words “about you.”

[5:16]  ¹⁰ tn Or perhaps “one of three rulers,” in the sense of becoming part of a triumvir. So also v. 29.

[6:10]  ¹¹ tn Aram “knew.”

[6:10]  ¹² sn In later rabbinic thought this verse was sometimes cited as a proof text for the notion that one should pray only in a house with windows. See b. Berakhot 34b.

[6:10]  ¹³ map For the location of Jerusalem see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[6:10]  ¹⁴ sn This is apparently the only specific mention in the OT of prayer being regularly offered three times a day. The practice was probably not unique to Daniel, however.

[6:10]  ¹⁵ tc Read with several medieval Hebrew MSS and printed editions הֲוָה (havah) rather than the MT הוּא (hu’).

[6:10]  ¹⁶ tn Aram “kneeling on his knees” (so NASB).