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"I saw a ^(C1)dream and it startled me; and these appearances as I lay on my bed and the ^(C2)visions ^(F1)in my mind kept alarming me.

"So I gave orders to ^(C1)bring into my presence all the wise men of Babylon, so that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.

"Then the ^(C1)soothsayer priests, the sorcerers, the ^(F1)Chaldeans, and the diviners came in and I related the dream ^(F2)to them, but they could not make its ^(C2)interpretation known to me.

"But finally Daniel came in before me, whose name is ^(C1)Belteshazzar according to the name of my god, and in whom is ^(F1)(C2)a spirit of the holy gods; and I related the dream ^(F2)to him, saying,

'Belteshazzar, ^(C1)chief of the soothsayer priests, since I know that ^(C2)a spirit of the holy gods is in you and ^(C3)no secret baffles you, ^(C4)tell me the visions of my dream which I have seen, along with its interpretation.