Category:Writing on the Wall

---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Mene - numbered, (Daniel 5:25, Daniel 5:26), one of the words of the mysterious inscription written "upon the plaster of the wall" in Belshazzar's palace at Babylon. The writing was explained by Daniel. (See BELSHAZZAR.)

Tekel - Weighed (Daniel 5:27).

Peres - Divided, one of the mysterious words "written over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall" of king Belshazzar's palace (Daniel 5:28). (See MENE.)