And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
Parallel translations
- WEB He said to me, To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings; 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 12:7And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished.
- Rev 11:2–3But 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 12:11And 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.
- Isa 45:25In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.
- Rev 12:14And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
- 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.
- Isa 1:27Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
- 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 11:15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
- Rom 11:26–27And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
- Gal 3:8And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
- Gen 1:5And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
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