And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.
Parallel translations
- WEB From the time that the continual burnt offering shall be taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred ninety days.
- KJV And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days.
- NKJV “And from the time that the daily sacrifice is taken away, and the abomination of desolation is set up, there shall be one thousand two hundred and ninety days.
- NASB And from the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.
- NLT “From the time the daily sacrifice is stopped and the sacrilegious object that causes desecration is set up to be worshiped, there will be 1,290 days.
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Quick answer
From the removal of the daily burnt offering and the setting up of the abomination that desolates, there will be 1,290 days.
Overview
This figure marks a defined period beginning when regular worship is suspended and a desolating idolatry is installed in the sanctuary. Faithful interpreters differ on whether these days point primarily to events under Antiochus IV Epiphanes, a still-future tribulation, or both in a layered fulfillment; the 'abomination' language is taken up by Jesus regarding coming judgment (Matthew 24:15). Whatever the precise reckoning, the point is that the time of desolation is numbered and limited by God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Dan 11:31His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.
- Matt 24:15So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
- Mark 13:14So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
- Dan 9:27And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.”
- Rev 13:5The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
- Rev 11:2But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
- Dan 7:25He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.
- Dan 8:11–14It magnified itself, even to the Prince of the host; it removed His daily sacrifice and overthrew the place of His sanctuary.
- Dan 8:26The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”
- Dan 1:12“Please test your servants for ten days. Let us be given only vegetables to eat and water to drink.
- Rev 12:6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.
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