12 And [a]a time shall be given him over the daily sacrifice for the iniquity: and it shall [b]cast down the truth to the ground, and thus shall it do, and prosper.

13 Then I heard one of the [c]Saints speaking, and one of the Saints spake unto a certain one, saying, How long shall endure the vision of the daily sacrifice, and the iniquity of the [d]desolation to tread both the Sanctuary and the [e]army underfoot?

14 And [f]he answered me, Unto the [g]evening and the morning, two thousand and three hundred: then shall the Sanctuary be cleansed.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 8:12 He showeth that their sins are the cause of these horrible afflictions: and yet comforteth them, in that he appointeth this tyrant a time, whom he would not suffer utterly to abolish his religion.
  2. Daniel 8:12 This horn shall abolish for a time the true doctrine, and so corrupt God’s service.
  3. Daniel 8:13 Meaning, that he heard one of the Angels asking this question of Christ, whom he called a certain one, or a secret one, or a marvelous one.
  4. Daniel 8:13 That is, the Jews’ sins, which were cause of his destruction.
  5. Daniel 8:13 That is, which suppresseth God’s religion, and his people.
  6. Daniel 8:14 Christ answered me for the comfort of the Church.
  7. Daniel 8:14 That is, until so many natural days be past, which make 6 years, 3 months and an half: for so long under Antiochus was the Temple profaned.

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