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Verse 24. _THEN WAS THE PART OF THE HAND SENT_] This was the filling
up of the cup of thy iniquity; this last act made thee ripe for
destruction....
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THEN WAS THE PART OF THE HAND SENT FROM HIM - To wit, the fingers. See
Daniel 5:5. The sense is, that when it was fully perceived that
Belshazzar was not disposed to learn that there was a God in heav...
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CHAPTER 5 BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST
_ 1. Belshazzar's licentious feast (Daniel 5:1)_
2. The writing on the wall (Daniel 5:5)
3. Forgotten Daniel (Daniel 5:10)
4. The message of Daniel ...
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DANIEL 5. Belshazzar, who is represented as king of Babylon, makes a
great feast, using the vessels which his father had brought to Babylon
from the Temple at Jerusalem. During the feast the fingers o...
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THIS WRITING. The Divine prophetic meaning could not be _known_ or
_understood_ till interpreted by Daniel.
WRITTEN: or graven....
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_Then_was _the_ PALM (Daniel 5:5) _of the hand_ SENT FORTH FROM BEFORE
_him; and this writing_was INSCRIBED] Daniel 5:5. _Then_is here
equivalent, virtually, to _hence, therefore_....
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Before interpreting the writing Daniel reads the king a lesson.
Nebuchadnezzar's pride, combined with his refusal to recognize the
sovereignty of the true God, had brought upon him a bitter
humiliatio...
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THEN WAS THE PART OF THE HAND SENT— _Therefore is the hand sent from
him, the fingers whereof have formed this writing._ Houbigant....
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d. TRAGEDY
TEXT: Daniel 5:24-31
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then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this writing
was inscribed,
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And this is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEKEL,
UPHARSIN....
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BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST
Belshazzar, king of Babylon, holds a great feast, at which he
profanely uses the sacred vessels taken by Nebuchadnezzar from the
Temple at Jerusalem (Daniel 5:1). He is terrified at...
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THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD
DANIEL
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 5
V1 King Belshazzar had a big party. He invited a thousand important
people and he drank wine with them. V2 As Belshazzar drank wine,...
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THEN. — Not only “at that time,” but also “because of this.”
Daniel here expressly designates the writing as something proceeding
from God....
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בֵּ אדַ֨יִן֙ מִן ־קֳדָמֹ֔והִי
שְׁלִ֖יַחַ פַּסָּ֣א...
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THE FIERY INSCRIPTION
IN this chapter again we have another magnificent fresco-picture,
intended, as was the last-but under circumstances of aggravated guilt
and more terrible menace-to teach the les...
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WEIGHED AND FOUND WANTING
Daniel 5:17-31
Daniel was unperturbed and undismayed. Calm and collected, he
recognized his Father's handwriting, and read it, as the instructed
may decipher a scroll which...
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The next scene is cast in the reign of Belshazzar. He had succeeded to
the throne of his father, and was a man of profligate habits. No
details are given of his reign, but a graphic picture is set bef...
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(m) Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was
written.
(m) After God had for such a long time deferred his anger, and
patiently waited for your repentance....
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There is some little difficulty to an ordinary Reader in observing,
that the words of the hand writing on the wall, and the manner of
Daniel's interpreting them are not the same. The word MENE is twic...
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Some stress must be laid upon the adverb באדין,_badin, _“_at
_that time,” because God’s wrath, or at least its denunciation,
was now ripe. Daniel, therefore, shews how very patiently God had
borne wit...
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In chapter 5 the iniquity of the head of the Gentiles with respect to
the God of Israel reaches the highest point, and assumes that
character of insolence and contempt which is but the effort of
weakn...
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THEN WAS THE PART OF THE HAND SENT FROM HIM,.... That is, from God:
being thus reproached and blasphemed, at that very instant, and for
that reason, because the vessels of his sanctuary were profaned,...
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Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was
written.
Ver. 24. _Then was the part of the hand._] _Completa peccati mensura,
non differtur poena,_ when sin is once ripe, punishmen...
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_Then was part of the hand sent from him_ The LXX. read, Δια
τουτο εκ προσωπου αυτου απεσταλη
αστραγαλος χειρος, και την γραφην
ταυτην ενεταξε. “On this account hath the joint, or
part of a hand, been...
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Then was the part of the hand, the outstretched fingers of the writing
hand, SENT FROM HIM, AND THIS WRITING WAS WRITTEN, to announce the
doom which was now inevitable....
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THE INTERPRETATION AND THE FULFILMENT...
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18-31 Daniel reads Belshazzar's doom. He had not taken warning by the
judgments upon Nebuchadnezzar. And he had insulted God. Sinners are
pleased with gods that neither see, nor hear, nor know; but t...
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It is called PART OF THE HAND, because the hand appeared parted from
the rest of the body....
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Daniel 5:24 Then H116 fingers H6447 hand H3028 sent H7972 (H8750) from
H4481 Him H6925 this H1836 writing...
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“Then was the part of the hand sent from before him, and this
writing was inscribed. And this is the writing that was inscribed,
MENEMENETEKELUPHARSIN. This is the interpretation of the thing:
· MENE...
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Daniel 5:1
I. Belshazzar's feast was characterised by great intemperance.
II. It was characterised by great profanity.
III. This night was one of supernatural visitation.
IV. This was a night of t...
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CONTENTS: Daniel's personal history under Belshazzar and Darius. The
pride of Belshazzar and his downfall. The writing on the wall. Its
interpretation and fulfillment.
CHARACTERS: God, Belshazzar, Qu...
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Daniel 5:2. _Belshazzar his father Nebuchadnezzar._ Belshazzar was the
son of Evilmerodach, and grandson of Nebuchadnezzar. The empire
therefore falling at this time, fulfilled the prophecy, that all...
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_And this writing was written._
WRITING ON THE WALL AT BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST
I. THE SCENE IN WHICH IT OCCURRED. An eastern palace.
1. It was a scene of drunkenness and revelling. The narrative makes
th...
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DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:1 Daniel explains to Belshazzar, the last
king of Babylon, that the writing on the wall is a message that the
true God rules over all. In his own time, this true God will vindi...
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DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 5:13 Daniel alone is able to decipher the
writing on the wall. It is a message from the true God, telling of the
end of the Babylonian Empire.
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_HOMILETICS_
SECT. XVII.—BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST (Chap. 5.)
This chapter deservedly a favourite with general readers [126]. The
magnificence, excitement, and revelry of the royal feast; the
profligate kin...
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EXPOSITION
DANIEL 5:1
BELSHAZZAR'S FEAST.
In regard to this chapter the peculiar state of the Septuagint text
has to be noted. At the beginning of the chapter there are three
verses which seem to be...
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Shall we turn now in our Bible to Daniel, chapter 5.
Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and
drank wine before the thousands (Daniel 5:1).
There are men who call themse...
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Daniel 5:5...
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From him — From that God whom thou hast despised....