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Daniel 9:24 lists six purposes including "reconcile iniquity" (kaphar) and "bring everlasting righteousness" (tsedeq olam). How do these purposes integrate Day of Atonement vocabulary into one prophecy?

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ATONEMENT (Score: 0.64)

Key verses: LEV 16:2-34; LEV 17:11; DAN 9:24-27; HEB 9:7,12,28; ROM 3:24-26 - The six purposes of Daniel 9:24 include "make reconciliation for iniquity" (kaphar, H3722) - Kaphar appears 102x in OT, with 16+ occurrences in Lev 16 alone - Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) is the annual ritual that most intensively uses kaphar - Daniel 9:24 places kaphar within a messianic-prophetic timeline

RECONCILIATION (Score: 0.52)

Key verses: LEV 8:15; EZK 45:15; DAN 9:24; ROM 5:1,10; 2CO 5:18-21; EPH 2:15-18; HEB 2:17 - Reconciliation = katallage in NT, the result of kaphar in OT - Daniel 9:24's "make reconciliation" bridges OT atonement and NT reconciliation

PROPHECY (Score: 0.64)

Key verses: DAN 7:14,27; DAN 9:2,26,27; ISA 53:4-12; PSA 110:4 - Daniel 9:24 includes "seal up the vision and prophecy" (chatham chazon venavi) - The 70-weeks prophecy is the most precisely dated Messianic prophecy in the OT

CONSECRATION (Score: 0.60)

Key verses: PSA 51:17; ROM 6:13,16,19; ROM 12:1; EXO 29:36,37,44 - Daniel 9:24 includes "anoint the most Holy" (mashach qodesh qodashim) - Anointing of the tabernacle: EXO 30:26; 40:9-11 - Anointing of priests: LEV 8:10-12

SEAL (Score: 0.47)

Key verses: ISA 8:16; DAN 6:9; DAN 12:9; JHN 6:27; ROM 4:11; EPH 1:13; REV 7:3,4 - "Seal up vision and prophecy" (chatham, H2856) = authenticate, confirm, close up

MESSIAH (Score: 0.62)

Key verses: DAN 9:25-26; ISA 61:1; PSA 2:2; PSA 45:7; LUK 4:18; ACT 10:38 - "Messiah the Prince" (mashiach nagid) in Dan 9:25 - "Messiah shall be cut off" (yikkaret mashiach) in Dan 9:26 - mashiach from mashach (H4886) = to anoint; same root as Dan 9:24's final purpose

Day of Atonement Vocabulary Connections

The Three Sin-Words in Lev 16:21 and Dan 9:24

Word Strong's Lev 16:21 Dan 9:24
avon (iniquity) H5771 "all the iniquities" "make reconciliation for iniquity"
pesha (transgression) H6588 "all their transgressions" "finish the transgression"
chattat (sin) H2403 "all their sins" "make an end of sins"

Lev 16:21 is the ONLY Pentateuch verse containing all three sin-words together. Dan 9:24 purposes 1-3 address each of these three sin-words individually.

Kaphar in Leviticus 16

Kaphar (H3722) appears in Lev 16: vv.6,10,11,16,17,18,20,24,27,30,32,33,34 - Objects of kaphar: the holy place (v.16), the tabernacle (v.16), the altar (v.18), priests (v.33), people (v.33-34)

DANIEL (Score: 0.44)

  • Dan 1-12 as a literary unit
  • Dan 8-9 connected by Gabriel's two visits

EXPIATION (Score: 0.42)

  • Overlaps with Atonement topic
  • Emphasizes the removal/covering of sin