Excité par le vin, Baltasar fit apporter les vases d'or et d'argent que Nabuchodonosor, son père, avait enlevés du temple qui est à Jérusalem, afin que le roi et ses princes, ses femmes et ses concubines, s'en servissent pour boire.
Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father (note: Or predecessor or grandfather; also in verses 11, 13, and 18) had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with his nobles, his wives, and his concubines.