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12 Then he said to me, ‘Daniel, do not be afraid. God has listened to your prayers since the time that you first turned to him. You wanted to understand about God. You put yourself under his authority. So I have come to bring the answer to your prayers. 13 But the ruler of the kingdom of Persia stood against me for 21 days. Then Michael came to help me. He is one of God's most important angels. He helped me because the ruler of Persia was keeping me there.[a] 14 Now I have come to explain what will happen to your people in the future. The vision is about a future time.’

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Footnotes

  1. 10:13 The ‘ruler of Persia’ means an angel or spirit that had power to rule over that kingdom. See also verses 20-21. The ‘ruler of Greece’ was also an angel or spirit.