Daniel Notes

[1] 2:35 A threshing floor is an outdoor area where grain is separated from its husks.

[2] 3:1 Or “in the plain of Dura.”

[3] 4:1 Daniel 4:1–37 in English Bibles is Daniel 3:31–4:34 in the Hebrew Bible.

[4] 5:2 A concubine is considered a wife except she has fewer rights under the law.

[5] 5:28 There is a play on words here between Aramaic peres (divided) and paras (Persians).

[6] 5:30 Daniel 5:31 in English Bibles is Daniel 6:1 in the Hebrew Bible.

[7] 6:1 Daniel 6:1–28 in English Bibles is Daniel 6:2–29 in the Hebrew Bible.

[8] 7:13 Or “like a human.”

[9] 8:12 Hebrew meaning of this verse uncertain.

[10] 9:4 Or “covenant.”

[11] 9:26 Or “Messiah.”

[12] 9:26 Or “The people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the holy place.”

[13] 11:6 Most Hebrew manuscripts; one Hebrew manuscript, some Greek manuscripts “her son.”

[14] 11:18 Hebrew meaning of this sentence uncertain.

[15] 11:22 Or “covenant.”