Daniel explains the handwriting on the wall.

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 Daniel explains the handwriting on the wall.
Daniel 5
Belshazzar was the new king of Babylon. He liked Then the queen remembered a wise man named
to have parties. At one party, King Belshazzar Daniel. The king told his servants to bring Daniel
used some beautiful gold cups. These cups had to him. The king asked Daniel to tell him what the
been stolen from God’s Temple in Jerusalem. But writing meant. Daniel said the words meant that
the king did not care that these cups belonged to God had seen how the king had disobeyed. Soon
God. He didn’t love or obey God. his time as king would be over. Someone else
would take his place.
During this party a huge hand suddenly ap-
peared. The finger of the hand began writing That very night, another man came and took over
words on the wall. The king was very afraid as he the city. He became the new king of Babylon.
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watched the hand. None of the king’s helpers God’s warning came true!
could tell what the words meant.
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