Discovery BoxDaniel 8:10 
Context8:10 It grew so big it reached the army 1 of heaven, and it brought about the fall of some of the army and some of the stars 2 to the ground, where it trampled them.
Daniel 11:33
Context11:33 These who are wise among the people will teach the masses. 3 However, they will fall 4 by the sword and by the flame, 5 and they will be imprisoned and plundered for some time. 6
1 tn Traditionally, “host.” The term refers to God’s heavenly angelic assembly, which he sometimes leads into battle as an army.
2 sn In prescientific Israelite thinking the stars were associated with the angelic members of God’s heavenly assembly. See Judg 5:20; Job 38:7; Isa 40:26. In west Semitic mythology the stars were members of the high god’s divine assembly (see Isa 14:13).
3 tn Heb “the many.”
4 tn Heb “stumble.”
5 tn Or “by burning.”
6 tn Heb “days.”
