Verse 11
to = against.
the Prince of the host . God Himself, the Creator and Ruler of the starry host, verses Daniel 10:11 are "difficult" only if Antiochus Epiphanes is assumed to fulfil them. There is no difficulty arising from "the state of the text".
Prince = Ruler. Hebrew. sar . See note on Daniel 10:13 .
by him . . . was taken: or, it took away from Him: i.e. God.
daily sacrifice = the continual [burnt offering]: i.e. the morning and evening sacrifice (Numbers 28:3 . 1 Chronicles 16:40 . 2 Chronicles 29:7 ). This belongs to the time of the end, and was not fulfilled by Antiochus. His career was a foreshadowing of it, to show that the fulfillment will yet be exhausted by him who is "the little horn". See App-90 ; and note all the references there given (Daniel 8:11 , Daniel 8:12 , Daniel 8:13 ; Daniel 9:27 ; Daniel 11:31 ; Daniel 12:11 ). Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 29:38 . Numbers 28:3 ). App-92 .
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