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Daniel 9 General Notes
Special concepts in this chapter
Daniel told the future
Gabriel told Daniel a prophecy that Jerusalem would be rebuilt. Then later an anointed person would be killed and the worship at the temple stopped. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/anoint and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/temple)
The unusual expression of numbers in 9:24-26
This passage uses the expressions "seventy sevens of years," "seven sevens and sixty-two sevens," and "sixty-two sevens of years" to denote "490 years," "49 years and then 434 years," and "434 years," respectively. The original language uses the idea of a "week" to express the idea of a group of sevens, but these numbers are clearly meant to denote years, not weeks. Most translators should use the ways normal in their languages to express these numbers.