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22 And he instructed me and he spoke with me and he said, “Daniel I have now come out[a] to teach you understanding. 23 At the beginning of your pleas for mercy, a word went out, and now I have come to declare[b] it, for you are highly esteemed, and so consider the word and understand the vision.

The Seventy Sets of Seven Detailed

24 “Seventy weeks is decreed for your people and for your holy city,[c] to put an end to the transgression and to seal up sin[d] and to make atonement for guilt and to bring in everlasting righteousness and to seal vision and prophet and to anoint the most holy place.[e]

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  1. Daniel 9:22 Or “forth”
  2. Daniel 9:23 Or “deliver”
  3. Daniel 9:24 Literally “for the city of your holiness”
  4. Daniel 9:24 Or “to make an end to sin”
  5. Daniel 9:24 Literally “the holy place of holy places”

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]

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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