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Dan 8:26 — And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told [is] true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it [shall be] for many days.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the vision of		Dan 8:11-15; Dan 10:1
wherefore		Dan 12:4,9; Eze 12:27; Rev 10:4; Rev 22:10
for		It is now 2,387 years since Daniel had this vision; and the utter desolation of the sanctuary had continued 1,764 years; and no doubt the end of 2,300 years is not far distant. Dan 10:1,14; Isa 24:22; Hsa 3:3,4

Correlating Passages

the vision of

	Dan 8:11	Yea, he magnified [himself] even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily [sacrifice] was taken away, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down.
	Dan 8:12	And an host was given [him] against the daily [sacrifice] by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered.
	Dan 8:13	Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain [saint] which spake, How long [shall be] the vision [concerning] the daily [sacrifice], and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot?
	Dan 8:14	And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
	Dan 8:15	And it came to pass, when I, [even] I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man.
	Dan 10:1	In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing [was] true, but the time appointed [was] long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.

wherefore

	Dan 12:4	But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, [even] to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
	Dan 12:9	And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words [are] closed up and sealed till the time of the end.
	Eze 12:27	Son of man, behold, [they of] the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth [is] for many days [to come], and he prophesieth of the times [that are] far off.
	Rev 10:4	And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
	Rev 22:10	And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.

for

	Dan 10:1	In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing [was] true, but the time appointed [was] long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
	Dan 10:14	Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision [is] for [many] days.
	Isa 24:22	And they shall be gathered together, [as] prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
	Hsa 3:3	And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for [another] man: so [will] I also [be] for thee.
	Hsa 3:4	For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and [without] teraphim:

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Scott, Thomas. "Daniel 8:26," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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