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Haggai 2:12

Haggai 2:12

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

If one bear; literally, behold, one beareth, which is equivalent to "suppose a man bears." Perowne compares , "Lo, a man puts away his wife;" and 2 Chronicles 7:13. Holy flesh. The flesh of animals sacrificed to God, which was set apart from profane uses, and might be eaten only by the priests or persons ritually pure (Le 2 Chronicles 6:26; 2 Chronicles 7:15-20; 2 Chronicles 10:13; comp.

). The skirt of his garment; literally, wing of his garment, as ; 1 Samuel 15:27. Any meat; παντὸς βρώματος: anything eatable. And said, No. The priests answered correctly according to Le 6:27.

Whatever touched the hallowed flesh became itself holy, but it could not communicate this holiness to anything else.

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