‘If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with his fold touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any food, will it become holy?’”
The priests answered, “No.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Haggai 2:12 in context
Haggai 2:9–15
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‘The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,’ says the LORD of Armies; ‘and in this place I will give peace,’ says the LORD of Armies.”
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In the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the LORD’s word came by Haggai the prophet, saying,
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“The LORD of Armies says: Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,
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‘If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with his fold touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any food, will it become holy?’”
The priests answered, “No.”
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Then Haggai said, “If one who is unclean by reason of a dead body touches any of these, will it be unclean?”
The priests answered, “It will be unclean.”
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Then Haggai answered, “‘So is this people, and so is this nation before me,’ says the LORD; ‘and so is every work of their hands. That which they offer there is unclean.
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Now, please consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid on a stone in the LORD’s temple.
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