Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
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Gill's Exposition
Then answered Haggai, and said,.... To the priests, and before the people; and made an application of these things to them, which was the thing in view in putting the questions:
So is this people,…
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…
This sermon was preached two months after that in the former part of the chapter. The priests and Levites preached constantly, but the prophets preached occasionally; both were good and needful. We…
Cambridge Bible
unclean by a dead body Lit. unclean by a person. The full phrase, "a deadperson, or body," occurs Lev 21:11; Num 6:6; but the word "dead" is often left to be understood as here and Lev 21:1; Lev 22:4.…
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