Haggai 2

Haggai 2

The Glorious New Temple

1-2On the twenty-first day of the next month, the Lord told Haggai the prophet to speak this message to Governor Zerubbabel, High Priest Joshua, and everyone else:[#2.1,2 Tishri (also called Ethanim), the seventh month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-September to mid-October (see the note at 1.1).]

The Past and the Future

10On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, the Lord God All-Powerful told the prophet Haggai[#2.10 Chislev, the ninth month of the Hebrew calendar, from about mid-November to mid-December.]

11to ask the priests for their opinion on the following matters:

“Of course not,” the priests answered.

13Then Haggai said, “Suppose someone has touched a dead body and is considered unacceptable to worship God. If that person touches these foods, would they become unclean?”[#Nu 19.11-22.]

“Of course they would,” the priests answered.

14So the Lord told Haggai to say:

God's Promise to Zerubbabel

20That same day the Lord spoke to Haggai again and said:

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