He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be properly restored.”
Parallel translations
- WEB He said to me, To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
- KJV And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
- 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 12:7And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”
- Rev 11:2–3But 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 12:11And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.
- Isa 45:25In the LORD all descendants of Israel will be justified and will exult.
- Rev 12:14But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
- 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.”
- Isa 1:27Zion will be redeemed with justice, her repentant ones with righteousness.
- Rev 13:5The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
- Rev 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
- Rom 11:26–27And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob.
- Gal 3:8The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”
- Gen 1:5God called the light “day,” and the darkness He called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.
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