People] RV 'peoples.'

25. The words are names of weights. The U in Upharsin stands for 'and,' and P(h) arsin is the plural of Peres (Daniel 5:28). The literal meaning of the writing was 'amina, a mina, a shekel, and half minas.'

26-28. The interpretation given by Daniel is connected with the derivation of two of the terms. Mene signifies 'numbered'; Tekel (= shekel) suggests the process of weighing; and Peres is doubly explained, first by its etymology ('division'), and second by its assonance with 'Persian.'

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