Ezekiel was contemporary with Daniel.The 2300 evenings and mornings; actually 1150 days, is the exact time between when Antiochus 4 E desecrated the Temple in 167 Gcm to when it was re-dedicated in 164 BC. A fulfilled prophecy.
The 'day for a year' is not a general principle at all. Only when we are specifically told it is, like Ezekiel 4:4-6 ...
The scripture does not relate the number 1,150 as a prophetic time anywhere in its plain reading, in any given place, and neither is the word "sacrifice" actually present in Daniel 8:13-14, for it is clearly supplied and not present in the Hebrew text at all.
As for Antiochus' so called 3 years time or 3 ½ [Josephus] does not specifically come to 2,300 nor 1,150 [physical days, for it comes to 3 years and slightly over 2 months [70 days]] either. There is no rational mathematical process that will ever make the history of Antiochus IV Epiphanes to fit either of those physical times, not even according to Maccabees:
1 Maccabees 4:41-43, 1 Maccabees 1:54 [early Dec 167 BC], 1 Maccabees 5:52-54 [so-called '1150', Dec. 14th 164 BC, St. Joseph's [Roman Catholic] Edition of New American Bible with Apocrypha, notation], Bishops' Bible:
1 Maccabees 1:54 Commaunding al the cities of Iuda to do sacrifice vnto idols.
1 Maccabees 4:41 Then Iudas appoynted certayne men to fight against those which were in the castle, till they had clensed the sanctuarie.
1 Maccabees 4:42 So he chose priestes that were vndefiled, such as had pleasure in the lawe of God:
1 Maccabees 4:43 And they clensed the sanctuarie, and bare out the defiled stones into an vncleane place.
1 Maccabees 5:52 Then went they ouer Iordane into the playne fielde before Bethsam.
1 Maccabees 5:53 And Iudas helped those forward that came behinde, and gaue the people good exhortation al the way through, til they were come into the lande of Iuda.
1 Maccabees 5:54 Thus they went vp vnto the mount Sion, where they offered burnt offeringes with mirth and thankesgeuing, because there were none of them slaine, but came home againe peaceably.
1 Maccabees 4:41 Then Iudas appoynted certayne men to fight against those which were in the castle, till they had clensed the sanctuarie.
1 Maccabees 4:42 So he chose priestes that were vndefiled, such as had pleasure in the lawe of God:
1 Maccabees 4:43 And they clensed the sanctuarie, and bare out the defiled stones into an vncleane place.
1 Maccabees 5:52 Then went they ouer Iordane into the playne fielde before Bethsam.
1 Maccabees 5:53 And Iudas helped those forward that came behinde, and gaue the people good exhortation al the way through, til they were come into the lande of Iuda.
1 Maccabees 5:54 Thus they went vp vnto the mount Sion, where they offered burnt offeringes with mirth and thankesgeuing, because there were none of them slaine, but came home againe peaceably.
Notice the two given notation dates, which do not make up more than 3 years, and especially not 3 years and a little over 2 months [70 days]. Therefore, according to the historical records, Antiochus IV Epiphanes fails in this also.
Furthermore, we can compare what Antiochus IV Epiphanes [Greek king in the middle of the Greek Empire period, not Persian] did in the approximate 3 years [167 BC – 164 BC] in Judaea, with the specific amount of time given in the 2,300 “days” [Daniel 8:14], for the “vision” of the “evening and morning” [Daniel 8:26], [if we bypass the actual fact that the “vision” of the “daily” begins in the Persian empire (Dan. 8:2-4,13-14,20,26, "vision"), when the Temple itself was restored to full use; Dan. 9:24-27; Ezr. 6:14] and see clearly it does not fit at all, for 2,300 [physical days] is 6 years and somewhat over 4 months [140 days] [some say it equals 6 years, three months and 18 days as based upon the commentary of John Gill [Calvinistic] at Daniel 8:14, and his non-scriptural two conclusions [“... from the fifteenth day of the month Cisleu, in the year 145 of the Selucidae ...” and/or “... others begin from the defection of the people from the pure religion by Menelaus, Anno 141 …”, which do you subscribe to specifically, so we may test it historically?], yet scripturally [KJB] and especially in prophecy, a month is 30 days, and a year 360 days, see the section below, [A Month Is 30 Days]].
30 days = 1 month, 12 months [360 days] = 1 year:
360 days = 1 year
360 days = 1 year
360 days = 1 year
360 days = 1 year
360 days = 1 year
360 days = 1 year
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2160 days = 6 years
2300 – 2160 = 140 days left
30 days = 1 month
30 days = 1 month
30 days = 1 month
30 days = 1 month
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120 days = 4 months
140 – 120 = 20 days left.
360 days = 1 year
360 days = 1 year
360 days = 1 year
360 days = 1 year
360 days = 1 year
360 days = 1 year
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2160 days = 6 years
2300 – 2160 = 140 days left
30 days = 1 month
30 days = 1 month
30 days = 1 month
30 days = 1 month
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120 days = 4 months
140 – 120 = 20 days left.
Thus physically, 6 years, 4 months and 20 days, according to the scriptural 30 day month and 360 day year.
Even still, brother “Albert Barnes”, himself says in his notes [Albert Barnes Notes on the Bible, Daniel 8:14]:
“... The time mentioned by Josephus is three years exactly from the time when “their Divine worship was fallen off, and was reduced to a profane and common use,” until the time when the lamps were lighted again, and the worship restored, for he says that the one event happened precisely three years after the other, on the same day of the month - Ant. b. xii. ch. vii. Section 6. In his Jewish Wars, however, b. i. ch. i. Section 1, he says that Antiochus “spoiled the temple, and put a stop to the constant practice of offering a daily sacrifice of expiation for three years and six months.” ...”
You say that the 2,300-day prophecy was fulfilled by Antiochus Epiphanes IV in natural years, but cut in half simply because is says evening-mornings, and mentally reduce the actual number given in scripture to 1150? Why? Do you do the same for Genesis 1-2, in it's evening-mornings? Daniel 8:26, which directly connects to Daniel 8:13-14 and it's evening-mornings, clearly in Hebrew, says 'days'.
There are numerous reasons to apply the day-year principle in Daniel 8, not simply Num. 14:34; Eze. 4:6.
[1] Day-Year Principle by Frank W Hardy : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
[2] Secrets Unsealed - Stephen Bohr - 20 Reasons To Apply The Day For A Year In Bible Prophecy : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
[2] Secrets Unsealed - Stephen Bohr - 20 Reasons To Apply The Day For A Year In Bible Prophecy : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The very context of Daniel 8 as linked with Leviticus 16 in language tells us the day-year principle:
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