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Haggai 2:13

Haggai
Purity

11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,

12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.

14 Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

15 And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.
KJV
Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
WEB
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.”
ASV
Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by reason of a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
DARBY
And Haggai said, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, is it become unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
BLB
And Haggai said, “If one unclean by a dead body touches any of these [things], will it be unclean?” And the priests answered and said, “It will be unclean.”
ÅB
Så sa Haggai: Om en som er blitt uren ved lik, kommer nær noe av dette, blir det da urent? Prestene svarte: Ja, det blir urent.
OTB
Så sa Haggai,
«Hvis noen som er blitt uren ved kontakt med et lik berører noen av disse tingene,
blir det urent?»
Og prestene svarte,
«Ja, det blir urent.»
B1930
Så sa Haggai: Om en som er blitt uren ved lik, kommer nær noget av dette, blir det da urent? Prestene svarte: Ja, det blir urent.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Numbers 19:11–22

    He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days.

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  • Leviticus 22:4–6

    What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;

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  • Numbers 5:2–3

    Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead:

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  • Numbers 9:6–10

    And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day:

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