Daniel 9:23-25
Evangelical Heritage Version
23 At the beginning of your plea for grace, a word went out, and I came to declare it to you, because you are very treasured. So pay attention to the word and understand the vision.”
The Vision of Seventy Sevens
24 Seventy sevens[a] are determined concerning your people and your holy city:
to end rebellion,
to finish sin,
and to atone for guilt,
to bring everlasting righteousness,
to seal up prophetic vision,
and to anoint a most holy one.[b]
25 You should know and have insight. From the going out of a word to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until an anointed one,[c] a ruler, comes, there will be seven sevens and sixty-two sevens.[d] Jerusalem will be rebuilt with public squares and a moat, but during troubled times.
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- Daniel 9:24 A form of the word seven is used, but it is not the term Daniel uses for an ordinary week of seven days. The “weeks” in this prophecy probably represent periods of seven years.
- Daniel 9:24 The Hebrew phrase is not the usual expression for the Holy of Holies. Here it may refer to a holy person, the Messiah.
- Daniel 9:25 The Hebrew word used here is the source of the English term Messiah and the Greek term Christ.
- Daniel 9:25 The seven sevens extend from Daniel to Nehemiah and the sixty-two sevens from Nehemiah to Christ.
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