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OT - Daniel 9
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Yes, that's true. Thanks for the correction.

This Aramaic text is extremely close but not exactly the same as the Masoretic Hebrew. The phrase that you point out is one of those differences. In Aramaic it says one of the reasons is to "fulfill the vision and the prophets". In the Masoretic the reason is to "seal up the vision and the prophet". That is quite the difference in intent. The Aramaic makes much more sense.

In the next verse (v 25), the Aramaic mentions Jerusalem twice but the Masoretic specifies it just once. Also, the Aramaic makes no mention of the walls but instead describes an open space/plaza. The Masoretic specifically mentions the rebuilding taking place in "troubled times" but the Aramaic lacks that adjective.

Verse 26 in the Aramaic gives a much clearer idea about the anointed's death leading to him "not existing". Although the Masoretic can also be interpreted that way, there is much more difficulty.

But the biggest reason I was interested was to see how the various time periods are laid out. The Aramaic matches the structure exactly as in the Hebrew. I guess that's not really surprising since the languages are closely related. Nonetheless, it is an important point. Ever since the KJV in English came out with it's decision on where to place the punctuation and therefore how to group the time periods, very dogmatic interpretations have been based on this. However, the Hebrew and the Aramaic can group the time periods in a different way. The KJV is not consistent with itself as can be clearly shown.

In v25, the KJV combines the 7 weeks with 62 weeks and clearly specifies a group of 69 weeks. However, the original languages do not have punctuation so this is an artificial interpretation. To be consistent with the text, the KJV should also do the same with v27 and combine the 1 week with the 1/2 week to make a group of 1 1/2 weeks since the same grammatical structure exists there too. But no one will do this since they know that the entire number of weeks have to add up to 70 weeks.
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OT - Daniel 9 - by cgjedi - 11-27-2015, 06:02 PM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by Thirdwoe - 11-28-2015, 10:15 PM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by cgjedi - 11-29-2015, 12:10 AM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by cgjedi - 12-08-2015, 08:04 PM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by Thirdwoe - 12-09-2015, 02:58 AM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by cgjedi - 12-09-2015, 05:42 AM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by Thirdwoe - 12-09-2015, 06:46 AM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by cgjedi - 12-09-2015, 02:13 PM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by Thirdwoe - 12-09-2015, 06:12 PM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by sestir - 12-09-2015, 10:59 PM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by cgjedi - 12-10-2015, 02:08 AM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by Thirdwoe - 12-10-2015, 03:53 AM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by cgjedi - 12-10-2015, 05:49 AM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by cgjedi - 12-12-2015, 07:35 PM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by Thirdwoe - 12-12-2015, 10:24 PM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by cgjedi - 12-13-2015, 01:58 AM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by Thirdwoe - 12-13-2015, 10:32 PM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by cgjedi - 12-13-2015, 10:54 PM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by Thirdwoe - 12-13-2015, 11:50 PM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by cgjedi - 12-14-2015, 12:06 AM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by Thirdwoe - 12-14-2015, 08:52 AM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by cgjedi - 12-15-2015, 03:32 AM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by Thirdwoe - 12-15-2015, 04:13 AM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by cgjedi - 12-15-2015, 04:51 AM
RE: OT - Daniel 9 - by Thirdwoe - 12-16-2015, 06:55 AM

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