KJV King James Version
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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Haggai 2:12
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If a man carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?’” “No,” replied the priests.
WEB World English Bible
‘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.”
ASV American Standard Version
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 food, shall it become holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Lo, one doth carry holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and he hath come with his skirt against the bread, or against the pottage, or against the wine, or against the oil, or against any food—is it holy?’ And the priests answer and say, ‘No.’
Surrounding context — Haggai 2
9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
10 In the four and twentieth [day] of the ninth [month], in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
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.
13 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:
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
הֵ֣ן׀H2005 · henlook!יִשָּׂא־H5375 · na.sato lift: raiseאִ֨ישׁH376 · ishmanבְּשַׂר־H1320 · ba.sarfleshקֹ֜דֶשׁH6944 · qo.deshholinessבִּכְנַ֣ףH3671 · ka.naphwingבִּגְד֗וֹH899 · be.gedtreacheryוְנָגַ֣עH5060 · na.gato touchבִּ֠כְנָפוֹH3671 · ka.naphwingאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַלֶּ֨חֶםH3899 · le.chemfoodוְאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַנָּזִ֜ידH5138 · na.zidstewוְאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַיַּ֧יִןH3196 · ya.yinwineוְאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)שֶׁ֛מֶןH8081 · she.menoilוְאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)כָּל־H3605 · kolallמַאֲכָ֖לH3978 · ma.a.khalfoodהֲיִקְדָּ֑שׁH6942 · qa.dashto consecrate: consecateוַיַּעֲנ֧וּH6030 · unto dwellהַכֹּהֲנִ֛יםH3548 · ko.henpriestוַיֹּאמְר֖וּH559 · a.marto sayלֹֽא׃H3808 · lonot
Cross-references
Leviticus 6:27Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.Matthew 23:19[Ye] fools and blind: for whether [is] greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?Leviticus 7:6Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it [is] most holy.Leviticus 6:29All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it [is] most holy.Exodus 29:37Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.Ezekiel 44:19And when they go forth into the utter court, [even] into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.
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