He said to me, To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
Parallel translations
- KJV And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
- BSB He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be properly restored.”
- NKJV And he said to me, “For two thousand three hundred days; then the sanctuary shall be cleansed.”
- NASB And he said to me, “For 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be properly restored.”
- NLT The other replied, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the Temple will be made right again.”
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Quick answer
The answer is 2,300 evenings and mornings, after which the sanctuary will be cleansed. God sets a precise limit to the desecration and promises restoration.
Overview
The reply gives a specific period after which the sanctuary will be restored, fulfilled in the rededication of the temple under the Maccabees, commemorated at Hanukkah. Faithful interpreters debate whether the number means 2,300 days or 1,150 days, counting evening and morning sacrifices separately, but all agree God fixes a definite end. The cleansing of the sanctuary foreshadows the greater cleansing accomplished through Christ.
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- Dan 12:7I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him who lives forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half; and when they have finished breaking in pieces the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
- Rev 11:2–3Leave out the court which is outside of the temple, and don’t measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.
- Dan 7:25He shall speak words against the Most High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High; and he shall think to change the times and the law; and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and half a time.
- Dan 12:11From 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.
- Isa 45:25All the offspring of Israel will be justified in Yahweh, and will rejoice!
- Rev 12:14Two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her place, so that she might be nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
- Dan 8:26The vision of the evenings and mornings which has been told is true: but seal up the vision; for it belongs to many days to come.
- Isa 1:27Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her converts with righteousness.
- Rev 13:5A mouth speaking great things and blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two months was given to him.
- Rev 11:15The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”
- Rom 11:26–27and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, “There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
- Gal 3:8The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the Good News beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you all the nations will be blessed.”
- Gen 1:5God called the light “day”, and the darkness he called “night”. There was evening and there was morning, the first day.
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