Dan.5.7

Daniel 5:7

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The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.

The Handwriting on the Wall

Belshazzar’s Feast

Cross References

Genesis 41:42

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And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;

Joseph Given Charge of Egypt

Joseph Is Made a Ruler of Egypt

Exodus 7:11

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Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments.

Aaron’s Staff

Isaiah 44:25

KJVGOD

That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

Jerusalem to Be Restored

Isaiah 47:13

KJVGOD

Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee.

The Humiliation of Babylon

Jeremiah 50:35

KJVGOD

¶ A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the Lord, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.

The Destruction of Babylon

Prophecy against Babylon

Ezekiel 16:11

KJVGOD

I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck.

Jerusalem’s Unfaithfulness

God’s Grace to Unfaithful Jerusalem

Daniel 1:4

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Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king’s palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.

Daniel Removed to Babylon

Daniel 1:20

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And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.

Daniel’s Wisdom

Daniel’s Resolve

Daniel 2:2

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Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

Nebuchadnezzar’s Troubling Dream

The King’s Forgotten Dream

Daniel 2:6

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But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.

Nebuchadnezzar’s Troubling Dream

The King’s Forgotten Dream

Daniel 2:27

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Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;

Daniel Interprets the Dream

The Secret Is Revealed to Daniel

Daniel 2:48

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Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

Nebuchadnezzar Promotes Daniel

Daniel 4:6

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Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.

Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream of a Great Tree

Daniel 4:7

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Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.

Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream of a Great Tree

Daniel 5:11

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There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;

The Handwriting on the Wall

Belshazzar’s Feast

Daniel 5:15

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And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:

Daniel Interprets the Handwriting

Daniel 5:16

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And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Daniel Interprets the Handwriting

Daniel 5:29

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Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

Daniel Interprets the Handwriting

Daniel 6:2

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And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.

The Plot against Daniel

Daniel Serves Darius

Daniel 6:3

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Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.