We have received the following interesting communication from a correspondent: Question 289. —The inscription is literally. MENE, MENE—numbered, numbered. TEKEL—weighed. U—and PARSIN—they are dividing. MENE MENE TEKEL UPARSIN literally translated is “Numbered, numbered; weighed; and they are dividing.” UPARSIN is changed into PERES, because the U (and) is left out, and PARSIN (they are dividing), the active participle plural, is changed into the past participle singular, PERES (divided.)