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# Seventy sevens ... seven sevens ... and sixty-two sevens
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This is not the normal way the Israelites counted. If possible, try to translate in a way that preserves this use of the number seven. AT: "Seventy times seven years ... seven times seven years ... and sixty-two times seven years"
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# Seventy sevens are decreed for your people and your holy city to
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God decreed that he would do the things in this verse for the people and the holy city.
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# your people and your holy city
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The word "your" here refers to Daniel. The people are the Israelites and the holy city is Jerusalem. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
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# to end the guilt and put an end to sin
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The idea is repeated to emphasize how certain it is that this will happen. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# to carry out the vision
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Here "carry out" is an idiom that means to accomplish. AT: "to accomplish the vision" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# the vision and the prophecy
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These words in this context mean the same thing. They ensure Daniel that Jeremiah's vision was indeed a prophecy. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# Know and understand
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These words are used together to make the importance clear. AT: "You must clearly understand" or "You must know for sure" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# the anointed one
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Anointing is a symbolic act to show that someone is chosen. AT: "the person that God anoints" or "the person that God chooses" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])
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# seven sevens ... and sixty-two sevens
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These added together are 69 of the 70 sevens spoken of in verse 24.
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# Jerusalem will be rebuilt
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "People will rebuild Jerusalem" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# moat
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a deep ditch around a city or building, usually with water in it
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# the times of distress
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"a time of great trouble"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/decree]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/peopleofgod]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/holy]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/atonement]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/eternity]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/righteous]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/vision]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/consecrate]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/holyplace]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/jerusalem]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/anoint]] |