New American Standard Bible 2020
Haggai 2:12
12If someone carries 1holy meat in the 2fold of his garment, and touches bread with 3this fold, or touches cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food, will it become holy?’” And the priests answered, “No.”
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 of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Haggai the prophet, saying, 11“The Lord of armies says this: ‘Now ask the priests for a ruling: If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and touches bread with this fold, or touches cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food, will it become holy?’” And the priests answered, “No.” 13Then Haggai said, “If one who is unclean from a corpse touches any of these things, will the latter become unclean?” And the priests answered, “It will become unclean.” 14Then Haggai responded and said, “‘So is this people. And so is this nation before Me,’ declares the Lord, ‘and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean.
Read all of Haggai 2Haggai 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
- Ifהֵןhên · look!H2005
- someoneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
- carriesנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: bearH5375
- holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
- meatבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
- foldכָּנָףkânâph · wingH3671
- of his garmentבֶּ֫גֶדbeged · garmentH899
- and touchesנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
- breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
- cookedנָזִידnâzîyd · stewH5138
- wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
- oilשֶׁ֫מֶןshemen · oilH8081
- or anyכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
- foodמַאֲכָלma'ăkâl · foodH3978
- will it becomeקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942
- holyקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942
- And the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
- answeredעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
- Noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
Cross-references for Haggai 2:12
- Exodus 29:37For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it; then the altar shall be most holy, and whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
- Leviticus 6:27Whoever touches its flesh will become consecrated; and when any of its blood spatters on a garment, you shall wash what spattered on it in a holy place.
- Leviticus 7:6Every male among the priests may eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
- Ezekiel 44:19And when they go out into the outer courtyard, into the outer courtyard to the people, they shall take off their garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers; then they shall put on other garments, so that they will not transfer holiness to the people with their garments.
- Matthew 23:19You blind men, which is more important, the offering or the altar that sanctifies the offering?
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
In the dictionaries
Notes
- 1. Haggai 2:12 Ex 29:37; Lev 6:27, 29; 7:6; Ezek 44:19; Matt 23:19 ↩
- 2. Haggai 2:12 Lit wing ↩
- 3. Haggai 2:12 Lit his wing ↩
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
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