9:21 about the time of the evening offering. About 3 P.M. (cf. Ex. 29:39). 9:24 Seventy weeks. Lit., 70 sevens. Obviously years are meant, for Daniel had been thinking of the years of the captivity (9:2). 490 days is 16 months, and 490 weeks is 9 1/2 years, both too short to accommodate the events of the prophecy. Furthermore, weeks of days are so specified in 10:2–3, where the Hebrew adds “days.” This period of 490 years concerns your people (the Jews) and your holy city (Jerusalem). to finish the