Daniel 8:10-12

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¹⁰He fought against the people of God and defeated some of their leaders.^[a] ¹¹He even challenged the Commander^[b] of the army of heaven by canceling the daily sacrifices offered to him and by defiling his Temple. ¹²But the army of heaven was restrained from destroying him for this transgression. As a result, truth and righteousness perished, and evil triumphed and prospered.^[c]

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Footnotes

Daniel 8:10 the people of God and . . . some of their leaders, literally, “host of heaven . . . the starry host”; see 8:24.
Daniel 8:11 the Commander, compare Joshua 5:13-15.
Daniel 8:12 truth and righteousness perished, and evil triumphed and prospered, or “and great indignities were perpetrated against the Temple ceremonies, so truth and righteousness perished.” The Hebrew text is obscure.