Exodus 19:4
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4 You have seen how I treated the Egyptians and how I bore you up on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.(A)
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Daniel 7:25
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25 He shall speak against the Most High
and wear down the holy ones of the Most High,
intending to change the feast days and the law.[a]
They shall be handed over to him
for a time, two times, and half a time.
Footnotes
- 7:25 The reference is to the persecution of Antiochus IV and specifically to the disruption of the Temple cult (1 Mc 1:41–64). A time, two times, and half a time: an indefinite, evil period of time. Probably here, three and a half years, which becomes the standard period of tribulation in apocalyptic literature (Rev 11:2; 13:5 [in months]; 11:3 [in days]; and cf. 12:14). As seven is the Jewish “perfect” number, half of it signifies great imperfection. Actually, the Temple was desecrated for three years (1 Mc 4:52–54). The duration of the persecution was a little longer, since it was already under way before the Temple was desecrated.
Daniel 12:7
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7 The man clothed in linen,(A) who was upstream, lifted his hands to heaven; and I heard him swear by him who lives forever that it should be for a time, two times, and half a time;[a] and that, when the power of the destroyer of the holy people was brought to an end, all these things should end.
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