Daniel 12:6-7

12:6 One said to the man clothed in linen who was above the waters of the river, “When will the end of these wondrous events occur?” 12:7 Then I heard the man clothed in linen who was over the waters of the river as he raised both his right and left hands to the sky ¹  and made an oath by the one who lives forever: “It is for a time, times, and half a time. Then, when the power of the one who shatters ²  the holy people has been exhausted, all these things will be finished.”

Ezekiel 9:2

9:2 Next, I noticed ³  six men ⁴  coming from the direction of the upper gate ⁵  which faces north, each with his war club in his hand. Among them was a man dressed in linen with a writing kit ⁶  at his side. They came and stood beside the bronze altar.

¹ tn Or “to the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

² tc The present translation reads יַד־נֹפֵץ (yad-nofets, “hand of one who shatters”) rather than the MT נַפֵּץ־יַד (nappets-yad, “to shatter the hand”).

³ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a verb.

⁴ sn The six men plus the scribe would equal seven, which was believed by the Babylonians to be the number of planetary deities.

⁵ sn The upper gate was built by Jotham (2 Kgs 15:35).

⁶ tn Or “a scribe’s inkhorn.” The Hebrew term occurs in the OT only in Ezek 9 and is believed to be an Egyptian loanword.