During one of Belshazzar's parties, a man's hand appeared. It was just a hand, without the rest of the body. It wrote the following words on the palace wall: Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin - and then the hand disappeared.
Belshazzar was very frightened. He asked "What does it mean?" but no-one could answer him. Someone said that a man named Daniel was very wise, "Ask Daniel" they said.
Daniel came and looked at the words. He said that the word Mene means that the days of your kingdom are numbered and will soon end. Tekel means that your actions have been weighed on a scale and you have been found wanting. Upharsin means that your land will be divided and given away.
