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.
KJV
Hæc dicit Dominus exercituum : Interroga sacerdotes legem, dicens :
Vulgate
Ἐὰν λάβῃ ἄνθρωπος κρέας ἅγιον ἐν τῷ ἄκρῳ τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἅψηται τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ ἱματίου αὐτοῦ ἄρτου ἢ ἑψέματος ἢ οἴνου ἢ ἐλαίου ἢ παντὸς βρώματος, εἰ ἁγιασθήσεται; καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν οἱ ἱερεῖς καὶ εἶπαν Οὔ.
LXX
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.
ASV
הֵ֣ן יִשָּׂא אִ֨ישׁ בְּשַׂר קֹ֜דֶשׁ בִּ/כְנַ֣ף בִּגְד֗/וֹ וְ/נָגַ֣ע בִּ֠/כְנָפ/וֹ אֶל הַ/לֶּ֨חֶם וְ/אֶל הַ/נָּזִ֜יד וְ/אֶל הַ/יַּ֧יִן וְ/אֶל שֶׁ֛מֶן וְ/אֶל כָּל מַאֲכָ֖ל הֲ/יִקְדָּ֑שׁ וַ/יַּעֲנ֧וּ הַ/כֹּהֲנִ֛ים וַ/יֹּאמְר֖וּ לֹֽא
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Exod 29:37 — Seven 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.
- Ezek 44:19 — And 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 o
- Lev 6:27 — Whatsoever 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.
- Lev 6:29 — All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
- Lev 7:6 — Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.
- Matt 23:19 — Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?