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.
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.
- BSB And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 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.
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- Dan 11:31And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
- Matt 24:15When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
- Mark 13:14But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
- Dan 9:27And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
- Rev 13:5And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
- Rev 11:2But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
- Dan 7:25And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
- Dan 8:11–14Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
- Dan 8:26And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.
- Dan 1:12Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink.
- Rev 12:6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
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