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among Seventh-day Adventist scholars disagreement exists concerning the
cultic significance of the expression “evening-morning” in Dn. 8:14,
“until 2300 evening-morning, then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.”
For example, S. J. Schwantes contends that the expression `ereb-boqer
(evening-morning) is not derived from the language of cultic worship
wherein he asserts “the order ‘morning-evening’ is the standard one
at all times.” Schwantes concludes that `ereb-boqer was most
likely a time unit modeled after the phraseology of Genesis 1.95
In contrast W. H. Shea contends that “aside from the specifically
chronological use of the evening and the morning to demarcate the days of
the creation week in Genesis, the evening and the morning” time unit was
exceptional and “it must have been chosen for a special reason”
because it “had a special connection with sanctuary.” Shea here links
the expression “evening-morning” with the Hebrew Cultus. However,
rather than directly connecting it with the “daily burnt offering” on
the altar in the court where two lambs were offered, one in the morning
and the other in the evening (Ex. 29:39; Num. 28:4), Shea sees a more
direct connection of the expression, “evening-morning” in Dn. 8:14,
with the lighting of the lamps in the holy place of the sanctuary in the
evening and the trimming of the lamps in the morning. These functions were
to take place “continually” (tamid) “from evening until
morning” (Ex. 27:20-21; Lev. 24:2-3). At the same time the priest was to
burn incense on the golden altar in the holy place. This was also a “continual”
practice (Ex. 30:6-7).96
Here is seen the linkage of the expression “from evening until morning”
with both the “continual” tending of the lamps (Ex. 27:20-21; Lev.
24:2-4) and the “continual incense” (Ex. 30:7-8).
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