Haggai 2:12

Haggai 2:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)If someone carries consecrated meat in the fold of their garment, and that fold touches some bread or stew, some wine, olive oil or other food, does it become consecrated?’ ” The priests answered, “No.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)'If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment and touches with his fold bread or stew or wine or oil or any kind of food, does it become holy?'" The priests answered and said, "No."
• New King James Version (NKJV)“If one carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and with the edge he touches bread or stew, wine or oil, or any food, will it become holy?” ’ ” Then the priests answered and said, “No.”

Context of Haggai 2:12

10On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month in Darius’ second year as king, the Lord spoke his word to the prophet Haggai. He said, 11“This is what the Lord of Armies says: Ask the priests for a decision. Suppose a person carries meat set aside for a holy purpose and he folds it up in his clothes. If his clothes touch bread, boiled food, wine, oil, or any kind of food, does that make the food holy?” The priests answered, “No.” 13Haggai asked, “Suppose a person becomes unclean by touching a corpse. If he touches any of these things, does that make them unclean?” The priests answered, “That makes them unclean.” 14Then Haggai answered, “In the same way, I have decided that these people are unclean, and so is this nation, declares the Lord. So is everything they do. Whatever offering they bring is unclean.

Haggai 2:12 word by word

הֵ֣ן׀ יִשָּׂא־אִ֨ישׁ בְּשַׂר־קֹ֜דֶשׁ בִּכְנַ֣ף בִּגְד֗וֹ וְנָגַ֣ע בִּ֠כְנָפוֹ אֶל־הַלֶּ֨חֶם וְאֶל־הַנָּזִ֜יד וְאֶל־הַיַּ֧יִן וְאֶל־שֶׁ֛מֶן וְאֶל־כָּל־מַאֲכָ֖ל הֲיִקְדָּ֑שׁ וַיַּעֲנ֧וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ לֹֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• If oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• bearנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
• holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• in the skirtכָּנָףkânâph · wingH3671
• of his garmentבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
• do touchנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• or pottageנָזִידnâzîyd · stewH5138
• or wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
• or oilשֶׁ֫מֶןshemen · oilH8081
• or any meatמַאֲכָלma'ăkâl · foodH3978
• shall it be holyקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942
• And the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• answeredעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• and saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Haggai 2:12

• Exodus 29:37For seven days at the altar make peace with the Lord and set the altar apart for its holy purpose. Then the altar will be most holy. Anything that touches the altar will become holy.
• Leviticus 6:27Anything that touches its meat will be holy. If blood gets on someone’s clothes, he must wash them in a holy place.
• Leviticus 7:6Any male among the priests may eat it. It will be eaten in a holy place. It is very holy.
• Ezekiel 44:19When they go out among the people in the outer courtyard, they must take off the clothes that they wore as they served. They must leave their clothes in the side rooms of the holy place and put on other clothes so that they do not transfer the holiness from their clothes to the people.
• Matthew 23:19You blind men! What is more important, the gift or the altar that makes the gift holy?

Commentaries on Haggai 2:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-14Verses 11-14 Ask now the priests concerning the law - The priests answer rightly, that, by the law, insulated unholiness spread further than insulated holiness. The flesh of the sacrifice hallowed whatever it should touch, but not further; but the human being, who was defiled by touching a dead body, defiled all he might touch Numbers 19:22. Haggai does not apply the first part; namely, that the worship on the altar which they reared, while they neglected…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-19Verses 10-19 Many spoiled this good work, by going about it with unholy hearts and hands, and were likely to gain no advantage by it. The sum of these two rules of the law is, that sin is more easily learned from others than holiness. The impurity of their hearts and lives shall make the work of their hands, and all their offerings, unclean before God. The case is the same with us. When employed in any good work, we should watch over ourselves, lest we…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12does that item become holy?: This question refers to meat from a holy sacrifice and how ceremonial purity and impurity could be transferred (see “Clean, Unclean, and Holy” Theme Note). Carrying the holy sacrifice (the meat set aside and prepared for the offering) made one’s robe holy (compare Leviticus 6:18). However, this holiness could not be passed on to a third object.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. "Holy flesh" (that is, the flesh of a sacrifice, Jr 11:15), indeed, makes holy the "skirt" in which it is carried; but that "skirt" cannot impart its sanctity to any thing beyond, as "bread," &c. (Le 6:27). This is cited to illustrate the principle, that a sacrifice, holy, as enveloping divine things (just as the "skirt" is "holy" which envelops "holy" flesh), cannot by its inherent or opus operatum efficacy make holy a person whose disobedience, as…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Haggai 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings