13. And I heard one of the holy ones speaking, and one saint said to another, (I know not to whom he was speaking,) "What is the extent of the vision, and the continual sacrifice, and the sin of the desolation, which has happened, and of the sanctuary and the strength, which will be trampled?"
14. And he said to him, "From evening until morning, two thousand three hundred days, and so the sanctuary will be cleansed."
15. But it came to pass, when I, Daniel, saw the vision and sought understanding that, behold, there stood in my sight something like the appearance of a man.
16. And I heard the voice of a man within Ulai, and he called out and said, "Gabriel, make this one understand the vision."
17. And he came and stood next to where I was standing, and when he approached, I fell on my face, trembling, and he said to me, "Understand, son of man, for in the time of the end the vision will be fulfilled."
18. And when he spoke to me, I fell forward onto the ground, and so he touched me and stood me upright.
19. And he said to me, "I will reveal to you what the future things are in the earlier tribulation, for the time has its end.
20. The ram, which you saw to have horns, is the king of the Medes and Persians.
21. Furthermore, the he-goat among she-goats is the king of the Greeks, and the great horn, which was between his eyes, is the same one, the first king.
22. And since, having been shattered, there grew four in its place, four kings will rise up from his people, but not in his strength.
23. And after their reign, when iniquities will be increased, there will arise a king of shameless face and understanding negotiations.