Discovery BoxDaniel 3:8 
Context3:8 Now 1 at that time certain 2 Chaldeans came forward and brought malicious accusations against 3 the Jews.
Daniel 12:1
Context12:1 “At that time Michael,
the great prince who watches over your people, 4
will arise. 5
There will be a time of distress
unlike any other from the nation’s beginning 6
up to that time.
But at that time your own people,
all those whose names are 7 found written in the book,
will escape.
1 tc This expression is absent in Theodotion.
2 tn Aram “men.”
3 tn Aram “ate the pieces of.” This is a rather vivid idiom for slander.
4 tn Heb “stands over the sons of your people.”
5 tn Heb “will stand up.”
6 tn Or “from the beginning of a nation.”
7 tn The words “whose names are” are added in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.
