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.

12 Because of rebellion, the Lord’s people[a] and the daily sacrifice were given over to it. It prospered in everything it did, and truth was thrown to the ground.(A)

13 Then I heard a holy one(B) speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long will it take for the vision to be fulfilled(C)—the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, the surrender of the sanctuary and the trampling underfoot(D) of the Lord’s people?”

14 He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be reconsecrated.”(E)

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  1. Daniel 8:12 Or rebellion, the armies