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Daniel 9

Daniel 9:21

Gabriel’s Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks · Daniel 9:20–27
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Translations

Modern
…while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
Traditional
Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.
Literal
…and still I was speaking in prayer, when the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, was flying swiftly, reaching to me at the time of the sacrifice of the evening.
Latin
…adhuc me loquente in oratione, ecce vir Gabriel, quem videram in visione a principio, cito volans tetigit me in tempore sacrificii vespertini.

Interlinear

Hebrew
English
…while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.

Notes

Daniel 9:21

  • Gabriel … earlier vision: See Daniel 8:15–16.

  • evening sacrifice: Before the temple's destruction, Israel offered two sacrificial lambs daily. They offered one in the morning and one in the evening (Exodus 29:41). Daniel likely prayed at these times each day (Daniel 6:10, 13; compare Psalm 55:17).

Daniel 9:20–27

God answered Daniel's prayer right away by sending Gabriel, his messenger, to explain Daniel's vision. Gabriel's explanation included both the near and distant future of Daniel's people.

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