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And while I was speaking ,
and praying ,
and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel ,
and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God ;
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yea ,
while I was speaking in prayer ,
the man Gabriel ,
whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning ,
being caused to fly swiftly ,
approached close to me about the time of the evening offering .
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And he made me to understand ,
and talked with me ,
and said : '
O Daniel ,
I am now come forth to make thee skilful of understanding .
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At the beginning of thy supplications a word went forth ,
and I am come to declare it ;
for thou art greatly beloved ;
therefore look into the word ,
and understand the vision .
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Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city ,
to finish the transgression ,
and to make an end of sin ,
and to forgive iniquity ,
and to bring in everlasting righteousness ,
and to seal vision and prophet ,
and to anoint the most holy place .
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Know therefore and discern ,
that from the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem unto one anointed ,
a prince ,
shall be seven weeks ;
and for threescore and two weeks ,
it shall be built again ,
with broad place and moat ,
but in troublous times .
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And after the threescore and two weeks shall an anointed one be cut off ,
and be no more ;
and the people of a prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary ;
but his end shall be with a flood ;
and unto the end of the war desolations are determined .
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And he shall make a firm covenant with many for one week ;
and for half of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the offering to cease ;
and upon the wing of detestable things shall be that which causeth appalment ;
and that until the extermination wholly determined be poured out upon that which causeth appalment .'