He is not like other high priests; he does not need to offer sacrifices every day for his own sins first and then for the sins of the people. He offered one sacrifice, once and for all, when he offered himself.

"Every day for all time to come, sacrifice on the altar two one-year-old lambs.

Sacrifice one of the lambs in the morning and the other in the evening.

These are the food offerings that are to be presented to the LORD: for the daily burnt offering, two one-year-old male lambs without any defects.

In the same way, for seven days offer to the LORD a food offering, an odor pleasing to him. Offer this in addition to the daily burnt offering and wine offering.

Offer these in addition to the regular burnt offering for the first day of the month with its grain offering, and the daily burnt offering with its grain offering and wine offering. These food offerings are an odor pleasing to the LORD.

It will be a holy part of the country, set aside for the priests who serve the LORD in his Temple. It will contain their houses and the section of land for the Temple.

It even defied the Prince of the heavenly army, stopped the daily sacrifices offered to him, and ruined the Temple.

While I was praying, Gabriel, whom I had seen in the earlier vision, came flying down to where I was. It was the time for the evening sacrifice to be offered.

That ruler will have a firm agreement with many people for seven years, and when half this time is past, he will put an end to sacrifices and offerings. The Awful Horror will be placed on the highest point of the Temple and will remain there until the one who put it there meets the end which God has prepared for him."

Some of his soldiers will make the Temple ritually unclean. They will stop the daily sacrifices and set up The Awful Horror.

"From the time the daily sacrifices are stopped, that is, from the time of The Awful Horror, 1,290 days will pass.

According to the custom followed by the priests, he was chosen by lot to burn incense on the altar. So he went into the Temple of the Lord,

while the crowd of people outside prayed during the hour when the incense was burned.

For the blood of bulls and goats can never take away sins.

I do not reprimand you because of your sacrifices and the burnt offerings you always bring me.

all the animals in the forest are mine and the cattle on thousands of hills.

"If I were hungry, I would not ask you for food, for the world and everything in it is mine.

He says, "Do you think I want all these sacrifices you keep offering to me? I have had more than enough of the sheep you burn as sacrifices and of the fat of your fine animals. I am tired of the blood of bulls and sheep and goats.