Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Daniel 5:28
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28. Peres--the explanation of "dividers" (Da 5:25), the active participle plural there being used for the passive participle singular, "dividers" for "divided." The word "Peres" alludes to the similar word "Persia."
divided--namely, among the Medes and Persians [Maurer]; or, "severed" from thee [Grotius].
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