10 Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.
11 ‘From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.
12 Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.
13 ‘As for you, go your way till the end. You will rest, and then at the end of the days you will rise to receive your allotted inheritance.’Footnotes for the Book of Daniela 2 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 4, 5 and 10b 3 Or wasc 4 At this point the Hebrew text has in Aramaic, indicating that the text from here to the end of chapter 7 is in Aramaic.a In Aramaic texts 4:1-3 is numbered 3:31-33, and 4:4-37 is numbered 4:1-34.b 7 Or Chaldeansc 13 Or watchman; also in verses 17 and 23d 16 Or years; also in verses 23, 25 and 32a In Aramaic texts 6:1-28 is numbered 6:2-29.b 28 Or Darius, that is, the reign of Cyrusa 12 Or rebellion, the armiesb 17 The Hebrew phrase ben adam means human being. The phrase son of man is retained as a form of address here because of its possible association with ‘Son of Man’ in the New Testament.c 19 Or because the end will be at the appointed timea 1 Or true and burdensomeb 16 Most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text; one manuscript of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint Then something that looked like a human handa 3 Or who impart wisdomb 7 Or a year, two years and half a year