| George, I share a few remarks regarding my understanding of this passage. 1. The main reason for Gabriel's intervention was to help Daniel know the matter and understand the vision (9:23), which he did not understand (see 8:26, 27; also v. 13, 14). 2. The structure of Dan 9:25-27 seems to indicate or describe one city, as well as one Messiah. A. Jerusalem v.25 B. Messiah v. 25 C. Jerusalem v. 25 D. Messiah v. 26 C' Jerusalem v. 26 B' Messiah v. 27 A' Jerusalem v. 27 3. The Qal imperfect of shub and the Nifal perfect of banah should be understood as 3rd fem sg. not only on the basis of the restoration and rebuilding of the street (f), ditch (f) of the city, but also on the basis of the previous parallel use of these two roots in the Hiphil and Qal infinitive forms in reference to Jerusalem (9:25). It seems that the city and not Daniel is in view here. Cheers! Samuel Nunez On Oct 17, 2012, at 9:18 PM, George Athas wrote:
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