Discovery BoxDaniel 12:1 
Context12:1 “At that time Michael,
the great prince who watches over your people, 1
will arise. 2
There will be a time of distress
unlike any other from the nation’s beginning 3
up to that time.
But at that time your own people,
all those whose names are 4 found written in the book,
will escape.
Daniel 12:7
Context12:7 Then I heard the man clothed in linen who was over the waters of the river as he raised both his right and left hands to the sky 5 and made an oath by the one who lives forever: “It is for a time, times, and half a time. Then, when the power of the one who shatters 6 the holy people has been exhausted, all these things will be finished.”
Daniel 12:11
Context12:11 From the time that the daily sacrifice is removed and the abomination that causes desolation is set in place, 7 there are 1,290 days.
1 tn Heb “stands over the sons of your people.”
2 tn Heb “will stand up.”
3 tn Or “from the beginning of a nation.”
4 tn The words “whose names are” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.
5 tn Or “to the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.
6 tc The present translation reads יַד־נֹפֵץ (yad-nofets, “hand of one who shatters”) rather than the MT נַפֵּץ־יַד (nappets-yad, “to shatter the hand”).
7 tn Heb “to give.”
