22 And he instructed me and talked with me and said, “Daniel, I have come now to give you insight with (A)understanding. 23 At the (B)beginning of your pleas the [a]command was issued, and I have come to tell you, because you are [b](C)highly esteemed; so pay attention to the message and gain (D)understanding of the vision.

Seventy Weeks and the Messiah

24 “Seventy [c](E)weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to [d]finish the wrongdoing, to [e]make an end of sin, to (F)make atonement for guilt, to bring in (G)everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and [f]prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. 25 So you are to know and understand that from the issuing of a [g](H)decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until [h](I)Messiah the (J)Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with [i]streets and moat, even in times of distress.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 9:23 Lit word went out
  2. Daniel 9:23 Lit desirable; or precious
  3. Daniel 9:24 Or units of seven, and so throughout the ch
  4. Daniel 9:24 Or bring to an end
  5. Daniel 9:24 Another reading is seal up sins
  6. Daniel 9:24 Lit prophet
  7. Daniel 9:25 Lit word
  8. Daniel 9:25 Or an anointed one
  9. Daniel 9:25 Or city square

22 He instructed me and said to me, “Daniel, I have now come to give you insight and understanding.(A) 23 As soon as you began to pray,(B) a word went out, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed.(C) Therefore, consider the word and understand the vision:(D)

24 “Seventy ‘sevens’[a] are decreed for your people and your holy city(E) to finish[b] transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone(F) for wickedness, to bring in everlasting righteousness,(G) to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the Most Holy Place.[c]

25 “Know and understand this: From the time the word goes out to restore and rebuild(H) Jerusalem until the Anointed One,[d](I) the ruler,(J) comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of trouble.(K)

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 9:24 Or ‘weeks’; also in verses 25 and 26
  2. Daniel 9:24 Or restrain
  3. Daniel 9:24 Or the most holy One
  4. Daniel 9:25 Or an anointed one; also in verse 26