Daniel 5:25

5:25 “This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, ¹  TEQEL, and PHARSIN. ² 

Daniel 5:31

5:31 (6:1) ³  So Darius the Mede took control of the kingdom when he was about sixty-two years old.

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¹ tc The Greek version of Theodotion lacks the repetition of מְנֵא (mÿne’, cf. NAB).

² tc The Aramaic word is plural. Theodotion has the singular (cf. NAB “PERES”).

³ sn Beginning with 5:31, the verse numbers through 6:28 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Aramaic text (BHS), with 5:31 ET = 6:1 AT, 6:1 ET = 6:2 AT, 6:2 ET = 6:3 AT, 6:3 ET = 6:4 AT, etc., through 6:28 ET = 6:29 AT. Beginning with 7:1 the verse numbers in the English Bible and the Aramaic text are again the same.