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]