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Then the sanctuary shall be restored to its rightful state.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/daniel/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He said to me, “It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be properly restored.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/daniel/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/daniel/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And he said to me, “For two thousand three hundred days; then the sanctuary shall be cleansed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/daniel/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And he said to me, “For 2,300 evenings <i>and</i> mornings; then the sanctuary will be properly restored.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/daniel/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He said to me, &#8220For 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be properly restored.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/daniel/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And he said to me, “For 2,300 evenings <i>and</i> mornings; then the holy place will be properly restored.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/daniel/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He said to me, “For 2,300 evenings <i>and</i> mornings; then the holy place will be made righteous.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/daniel/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He said to me, “For 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be cleansed <i>and</i> properly restored.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/daniel/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He said to me, “For 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be restored.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/daniel/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He said to me, &#8220For 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be restored.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/daniel/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/daniel/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The other answered, "It will be 2,300 evenings and mornings before the temple is dedicated and in use again." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/daniel/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/daniel/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He told me, "For 2,300 evenings and mornings. Then the holy place will be made acceptable to God."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/daniel/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I heard the other angel answer, "It will continue for 2,300 evenings and mornings, during which sacrifices will not be offered. Then the Temple will be restored." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/daniel/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"He told me, 'For 2,300 days. Then the Holy Place will be restored.'"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/daniel/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He said to me, ?It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be properly restored.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/daniel/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He said to me, "To 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be put right again." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/daniel/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He said to me, "To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings; then shall the sanctuary be restored to its rightful state."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/daniel/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he said to me, Until two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/daniel/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He said to me, “To two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary will be cleansed.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/daniel/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And he says to me, Until evening—morning two thousand and three hundred, then is the holy place declared right.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/daniel/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And he saith unto me, Till evening -- morning two thousand and three hundred, then is the holy place declared right.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/daniel/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he will say to me, Even to evening morning, two thousand and three hundred; and the holy place was justified.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/daniel/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he said to him: Unto evening and morning two thousand three hundred days: and the sanctuary shall be cleansed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/daniel/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he said to him, “From evening until morning, two thousand three hundred days, and so the sanctuary will be cleansed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/daniel/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He answered him, “For two thousand three hundred evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary shall be set right.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/daniel/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And he answered him, “For two thousand three hundred evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary shall be restored to its rightful state.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/daniel/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he said to him, For two thousand and three hundred days; then righteousness shall prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/daniel/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he said to him: “Until evening and morning two thousand and three hundred, and righteousness shall triumph!”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/daniel/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And he said unto me: 'Unto two thousand and three hundred evenings and mornings; then shall the sanctuary be victorious.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/daniel/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he said to him, Evening and morning <i>there shall be</i> two thousand and four hundred days; and <i>then</i> the sanctuary shall be cleansed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/daniel/8-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/shUZJK-vYxI?start=2979" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/daniel/8.htm">Daniel's Vision of the Ram and the Goat</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to him, “How long until the fulfillment of the vision of the daily sacrifice, the rebellion that causes desolation, and the surrender of the sanctuary and of the host to be trampled?” <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">He said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. ">to me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">“It will take</a> <a href="/hebrew/505.htm" title="505: ’al·pa·yim (Number-md) -- A thousand. Prop, the same as 'eleph; hence a thousand.">2,300</a> <a href="/hebrew/7969.htm" title="7969: ū·šə·lōš (Conj-w:: Number-fsc) -- A three, triad. Or shalosh; masculine shlowshah; or shloshah; a primitive number; three; occasionally third, or Thrice."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3967.htm" title="3967: mê·’ō·wṯ (Number-fp) -- Hundred. Or metyah; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6153.htm" title="6153: ‘e·reḇ (N-ms) -- Evening. From arab; dusk.">evenings</a> <a href="/hebrew/1242.htm" title="1242: bō·qer (N-ms) -- Morn- ing. From baqar; properly, dawn; generally, morning.">and mornings;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: qō·ḏeš (N-ms) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">then the sanctuary</a> <a href="/hebrew/6663.htm" title="6663: wə·niṣ·daq (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To be just or righteous. A primitive root; to be right.">will be properly restored.”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-2.htm">Revelation 11:2</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/12-6.htm">Revelation 12:6</a></span><br />And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/13-5.htm">Revelation 13:5</a></span><br />The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-15.htm">Matthew 24:15</a></span><br />So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-12.htm">Hebrews 9:12</a></span><br />He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-24.htm">Hebrews 9:24-26</a></span><br />For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God. / Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. / Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-7.htm">Revelation 14:7</a></span><br />And he said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come. Worship the One who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and the springs of waters.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-3.htm">Revelation 11:3</a></span><br />And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/12-14.htm">Revelation 12:14</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/10-6.htm">Revelation 10:6</a></span><br />And he swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it: “There will be no more delay!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-21.htm">Matthew 24:21</a></span><br />For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-3.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:3-4</a></span><br />Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed. / He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Revelation 19:2</a></span><br />For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her hand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/16-16.htm">Leviticus 16:16</a></span><br />So he shall make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the impurities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to do the same for the Tent of Meeting which abides among them in the midst of their impurities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/25-9.htm">Leviticus 25:9</a></span><br />Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound it throughout your land.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he said to me, To two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.</p><p class="hdg">Unto.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/7-25.htm">Daniel 7:25</a></b></br> And he shall speak <i>great</i> words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/12-7.htm">Daniel 12:7,11</a></b></br> And I heard the man clothed in linen, which <i>was</i> upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that <i>it shall be</i> for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these <i>things</i> shall be finished… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/11-2.htm">Revelation 11:2,3</a></b></br> But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty <i>and</i> two months… </p><p class="hdg">two thousand.</p><p class="hdg">days.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/8-26.htm">Daniel 8:26</a></b></br> And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told <i>is</i> true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it <i>shall be</i> for many days.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/1-5.htm">Genesis 1:5</a></b></br> And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.</p><p class="hdg">then.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-27.htm">Isaiah 1:27</a></b></br> Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/romans/11-26.htm">Romans 11:26,27</a></b></br> And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/11-15.htm">Revelation 11:15</a></b></br> And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become <i>the kingdoms</i> of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.</p><p class="hdg">cleansed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/45-25.htm">Isaiah 45:25</a></b></br> In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/galatians/3-8.htm">Galatians 3:8</a></b></br> And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, <i>saying</i>, In thee shall all nations be blessed.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/45-18.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/45-18.htm">Cleansed</a> <a href="/daniel/4-31.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-2.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-6.htm">Evenings</a> <a href="/daniel/8-13.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/daniel/6-1.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/daniel/6-19.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-2.htm">Mornings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-28.htm">Properly</a> <a href="/daniel/4-26.htm">Restored</a> <a href="/daniel/4-37.htm">Right</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-18.htm">Rightful</a> <a href="/daniel/8-13.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-55.htm">State</a> <a href="/daniel/7-10.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/daniel/7-24.htm">Three</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-24.htm">Victorious</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-27.htm">Vindicated</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/daniel/12-10.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/joel/3-21.htm">Cleansed</a> <a href="/joel/3-21.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/daniel/8-26.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/daniel/8-26.htm">Evenings</a> <a href="/daniel/8-24.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/daniel/12-11.htm">Hundred</a> <a href="/daniel/8-26.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/daniel/8-26.htm">Mornings</a> <a href="/luke/17-8.htm">Properly</a> <a href="/micah/4-8.htm">Restored</a> <a href="/daniel/12-7.htm">Right</a> <a href="/romans/9-21.htm">Rightful</a> <a href="/daniel/9-17.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/matthew/12-13.htm">State</a> <a href="/daniel/12-11.htm">Thousand</a> <a href="/daniel/10-2.htm">Three</a> <a href="/daniel/11-7.htm">Victorious</a> <a href="/matthew/11-19.htm">Vindicated</a><div class="vheading2">Daniel 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/8-1.htm">Daniel's vision of the ram and he goat.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/8-13.htm">The two thousand three hundred days of the suspension of the daily sacrifice.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/8-15.htm">Gabriel comforts Daniel, and interprets the vision.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/daniel/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/daniel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/daniel/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>He said to me</b><br>This phrase indicates a direct communication from a heavenly being to Daniel. In the context of <a href="/daniel/8.htm">Daniel 8</a>, the speaker is the angel Gabriel, who is tasked with explaining the vision to Daniel. This highlights the importance of divine revelation and the role of angels as messengers in biblical narratives.<p><b>It will take 2,300 evenings and mornings</b><br>The phrase "2,300 evenings and mornings" is often interpreted as a prophetic time period. In the context of the vision, it refers to a period of desecration of the sanctuary. Some scholars interpret this as 2,300 days, while others see it as 1,150 days, considering each "evening and morning" as a single day. This period is often linked to the time of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, a Seleucid king who desecrated the Jewish temple, aligning with historical events around 167-164 BC.<p><b>then the sanctuary will be properly restored</b><br>This restoration of the sanctuary signifies the end of its desecration and the reestablishment of proper worship practices. Historically, this aligns with the Maccabean Revolt and the rededication of the temple, celebrated as Hanukkah. Theologically, it points to God's sovereignty and faithfulness in restoring His people and their worship. This restoration can also be seen as a type of Christ, who is the ultimate restorer of the true sanctuary, as referenced in the New Testament, particularly in the book of Hebrews, which speaks of Jesus as the high priest of a greater and more perfect tabernacle.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/daniel.htm">Daniel</a></b><br>A prophet and the author of the Book of Daniel, who receives visions and interpretations from God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sanctuary.htm">The Sanctuary</a></b><br>Refers to the holy place of worship for the Israelites, likely the temple in Jerusalem, which is central to Jewish worship and sacrificial practices.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/2/2,300_evenings_and_mornings.htm">2,300 Evenings and Mornings</a></b><br>A prophetic period mentioned in Daniel's vision, often interpreted as a time of desecration and subsequent restoration of the sanctuary.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/gabriel.htm">Gabriel</a></b><br>The angel who later in the chapter provides Daniel with the interpretation of the vision, though not directly mentioned in verse 14.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/a/antiochus_iv_epiphanes.htm">Antiochus IV Epiphanes</a></b><br>A historical figure often associated with the desecration of the temple, fulfilling the prophecy of the 2,300 days.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_prophetic_timelines.htm">Understanding Prophetic Timelines</a></b><br>The 2,300 evenings and mornings challenge us to study and understand God's prophetic timeline, encouraging us to trust in His sovereign plan.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_the_sanctuary.htm">The Importance of the Sanctuary</a></b><br>The restoration of the sanctuary highlights the importance of worship and maintaining the purity of our spiritual lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_in_restoration.htm">God's Faithfulness in Restoration</a></b><br>Just as the sanctuary was promised restoration, God is faithful to restore and renew our lives when we turn to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/v/vigilance_against_desecration.htm">Vigilance Against Desecration</a></b><br>The desecration of the sanctuary serves as a warning to guard against spiritual compromise and to uphold the sanctity of our faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_fulfillment.htm">Hope in Fulfillment</a></b><br>The prophecy's fulfillment assures us that God's promises are true, providing hope and encouragement for future restoration and redemption.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_daniel_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Daniel 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_the_millerites.htm">Who were the Millerites in religious history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_the_1844_millerite_prophecy_fail.htm">Why did the Millerites' prophecy fail in 1844?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_daniel_8_14's_'2,300_days'_debated.htm">What is the scientific or historical basis for interpreting the “2,300 evenings and mornings” (Daniel 8:14), and why is the meaning often disputed among scholars? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/when_is_the_2300_days_prophecy_due.htm">When will the 2300 days prophecy be fulfilled?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/daniel/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">Unto two thousand and three hundred days.</span>--It is clear from the language that the period here spoken of terminates with the cleansing of the sanctuary, and that it begins with the transgression that led to the awful events that occurred in the time of Antiochus Epiphanes. Judas Maccabeus took Jerusalem in the year B.C. 165, and kept the Feast of Dedication the same year, Antiochus being at the time in Armenia. The period apparently commences with the events mentioned in <a href="//apocrypha.org/2_maccabees/4-32.htm" title="Now Menelaus, supposing that he had gotten a convenient time, stole certain vessels of gold out of the temple, and gave some of them to Andronicus, and some he sold into Tyrus and the cities round about.">2 Maccabees 4:32-39</a>, which occurred about B.C. 171. The dates, however, not being recorded precisely, it is impossible to reckon with certainty whence the starting-point is to be dated. The phrase "evening morning" (see margin) is used to indicate a complete night and day, and 2,300 complete days of twenty-four hours make a period of six years 140 days. It has been observed that this period falls short of seven years (a week of years) by about two-thirds of a year. If, then, seven years is the number of years symbolical of Divine chastisements, the prophecy implies that the people shall not suffer persecution according to their full deserts, but "for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened." (See Note on <a href="/daniel/7-25.htm" title="And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.">Daniel 7:25</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">Be cleansed.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">be placed in its proper state.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/daniel/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed</span>. The Massoretic reading is here clearly corrupt. "Unto me" ought to be "unto him," as proved by the versions and necessitated by sense. The LXX. is somewhat violent in construction, but means, "And he said to him, Until evenings and mornings are two thousand three hundred days, and the sanctuary shall be purified." Theodotion agrees closely with the LXX., only he has "five hundred" instead of "three hundred." The Peshitta agrees with the Massoretic, save as above mentioned - "him" instead of "me," and the last clause, which ought naturally to rendered "and the sacrifice be purified." The Hebrew phrase for this clause is an unnatural one - it might be rendered, "And holiness (or, 'holy thing,' 'offering') shall be justified." The want of the article is not an objection, as the manner of the author is to use the article sparingly. The word translated "cleansed" really means "justified;" it is the only example of this part of the verb. All the versions translate as if the word had been some derivative of <span class="hebrew">טָהַר</span> (<span class="accented">tahar</span>). The period referred to is that between the desolation inflicted on the temple by Antiochus Epiphanes and its cleansing by Judas Maccabaeus. It is somewhat difficult to fix the exact space of time intended by these two thousand three hundred evening-mornings. Does it mean two thousand three hundred days? For this may be urged that this succession. "evening and morning," not "morning and evening," resembles <a href="/genesis/1.htm">Genesis 1</a>. If this resemblance is intentional, then "evening-morning" means a space of twenty-four hours. If the days are literal days, then the space of time would amount to nearly six years and a half, if' we take the year here as three hundred and sixty days. Another view is that day and night are separated and each reckoned; hence the number of days involved would be eleven hundred and fifty - fifty-five days more than three average years, and seventy days more than three years of three hundred and sixty days each. If, however, the year be the lunar year of three hundred and fifty-four days, it closely approximates to three years and a quarter. The period that one would naturally think of is that between the setting up of the abomination of desolation (1 Macc. 1:54), on the fifteenth day of Casleu, in the hundred and forty-fifth year of the Seleucid era to the rededication of the temple on the twenty-fifth of Casleu, in the hundred and forty-eighth year (from <span class="date">B.C. 167</span> to <span class="date">B.C. 164</span>), but that is only three years and ten days. If the first and last of these years were respectively the fifth and seventh of a metonic cycle, in each of which there were intercalary months, then there is only a difference of eighteen days between the interval given above and the actual historical interval. If, however, we are to believe Maerobius ('Satur.,' 1:13, § 9), and hold that the intercalations were supplied by adding the three months in one year, if one of the years in question was the year in the cycle in which this took place, then the interval would be twelve days too much. In either case the difference is very small. The attempt to take the interval as two thousand three hundred days leads to very arbitrary results. Behrmann takes the victory of Adasa, which Judas gained over Nicanor, as the termination of the period - a purely arbitrary date, and reckons back to the displacement of Onias, another date that, so far as can be seen, was not regarded as of importance by the Jews, however important it has become in the eye of critics. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/daniel/8-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He said</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֣אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to me,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלַ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“It will take</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֚ד</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">2,300</span><br /><span class="heb">אַלְפַּ֖יִם</span> <span class="translit">(’al·pa·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - md<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_505.htm">Strong's 505: </a> </span><span class="str2">A thousand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">evenings</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶ֣רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(‘e·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6153.htm">Strong's 6153: </a> </span><span class="str2">Evening</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and mornings;</span><br /><span class="heb">בֹּ֔קֶר</span> <span class="translit">(bō·qer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1242.htm">Strong's 1242: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dawn, morning</span><br /><br /><span class="word">then the sanctuary</span><br /><span class="heb">קֹֽדֶשׁ׃</span> <span class="translit">(qō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacred place, thing, sanctity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be properly restored.”</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִצְדַּ֖ק</span> <span class="translit">(wə·niṣ·daq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6663.htm">Strong's 6663: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be just or righteous</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/daniel/8-14.htm">Daniel 8:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/daniel/8-14.htm">Daniel 8:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/daniel/8-14.htm">Daniel 8:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/daniel/8-14.htm">Daniel 8:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/daniel/8-14.htm">Daniel 8:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/daniel/8-14.htm">Daniel 8:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/daniel/8-14.htm">Daniel 8:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/daniel/8-14.htm">Daniel 8:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/daniel/8-14.htm">Daniel 8:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/daniel/8-14.htm">Daniel 8:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/daniel/8-14.htm">OT Prophets: Daniel 8:14 He said to me To two thousand (Dan. 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