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The king cried aloud to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing and shows me its interpretation shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
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Verse 7. Purple. This and the chain were reserved for the highest nobility.—Third, or one of the three great officers. Calmet. 6:1 and 2 Kennicott. 23:8. 19.
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