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A prophetic period mentioned in Daniel 9:24 , and usually interpreted on the "year-day" theory, i.e., reckoning each day for a year. This period will thus represent 490 years. This is regarded as the period which would elapse till the time of the coming of the Messiah, dating "from the going forth of the commandment to restore and rebuild Jerusalem" i.e., from the close of the Captivity.

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These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Seventy Weeks'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/s/seventy-weeks.html. 1897.

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