Daniel 8:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

an host. Here the word is used of. military host, in opposition to the "host" of Numbers 4:23; Numbers 4:30; Numbers 4:35; Numbers 4:39; Numbers 4:43; Numbers 8:24; Numbers 8:25.

was given him against. was set over: i.e. war is raised against "the daily sacrifice".

by reason of. by.

transgression. Hebrew. pasha'. App-44.

it cast down the truth. truth was cast down. The verb is passive.

truth: i.e. the truth of God as revealed in the law and the prophets.

practised. did it with effect. Compare Daniel 8:24.

and prospered. and succeeded.

Daniel 8:12

12 And an hostd 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.