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Daniel 8:14
He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be properly restored.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — A holy one answers Daniel’s question about the duration of the sanctuary’s desecration during a visionary encounter. Daniel receives this reply while actively watching and attempting to understand the preceding vision.
The words — The phrase עֶרֶב בֹּקֶר ('E.rev Bo.ker) literally means "evening morning," combined with אַלְפַּיִם וּ/שְׁלֹשׁ מֵא֑וֹת ('al.Pa.yim u./she.Losh me.'ot) for "two thousand three hundred." These terms define the exact measure of time specified for the vision’s completion.
The thread — The motif of a fixed period for sanctuary desecration appears in Daniel 12:7 and Daniel 7:25, where appointed times are opposed and measured. Revelation 11:2 similarly records a sanctuary surrendered to nations for a determined duration.
Why it lands — The text states that the sanctuary will be properly restored after a specified count of evenings and mornings. It requires the reader to acknowledge the stated timeline for restoration without substituting personal timing for the declared measure.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
Cross-references
- Daniel 12:7 And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”
- Daniel 7:25 He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.
- Revelation 11:2 But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
- Daniel 12:11 And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.
- Isaiah 45:25 In the LORD all descendants of Israel will be justified and will exult.
- Revelation 12:14 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.
- Daniel 8:26 The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”
- Isaiah 1:27 Zion will be redeemed with justice, her repentant ones with righteousness.
- Revelation 13:5 The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
- Revelation 11:15 Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”