13 Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said to that certain saint which spoke, “How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice and the transgression of desolation, the giving of both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?”
14 And he said to me, “For two thousand three hundred evenings and mornings. Then the sanctuary shall be cleansed properly.”
15 When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought for the meaning. Then there before me stood one who had the appearance of a man.
16 I heard a man’s voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, “Gabriel, make this man understand the vision.”
17 So he came near where I stood. And when he came, I was afraid and fell upon my face; but he said to me, “Understand, son of man, that the vision deals with the time of the end.”
18 Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep with my face toward the ground. But he touched me and set me upright.
19 He said, “Listen, I will make you know what shall be in the final period of the indignation, for the end shall be at the appointed time.