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Daniel 9:25
Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The angel addresses Daniel during the revelation of the seventy-weeks vision, responding to Daniel’s prayer concerning Jerusalem’s desolation.
The words — מֹצָא דָבָר (mo.Tza' da.Var) translates literally as “the going forth of the word,” denoting the authoritative decree that initiates the timeline.
The thread — The decree to rebuild Jerusalem echoes the halted construction recorded in Ezra 4:24, while the title “Messiah, the Prince” aligns with the promised ruler in Isaiah 9:6 and the commanded leader in Isaiah 55:4.
Why it lands — It commands the reader to calculate the interval between a historical royal decree and the arrival of the anointed ruler, anchoring future hope in a fixed, divinely ordained sequence.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Cross-references
- Ezra 4:24 Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
- Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
- Isaiah 55:4 Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.
- John 1:41 He first found his brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is translated as Christ).
- John 4:25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
- Nehemiah 2:1 Now in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was set before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had never been sad in his presence,
- Nehemiah 3:1 At the Sheep Gate, Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated the wall.
- Nehemiah 4:8 and all of them conspired to come and fight against Jerusalem and create a hindrance.
- Nehemiah 4:16 And from that day on, half of my servants did the work while the other half held spears, shields, bows, and armor. The officers stationed themselves behind all the people of Judah
- Nehemiah 6:15 So the wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.