In Context

10 On the twenty and fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, hath a word of Jehovah been by the hand of Haggai the prophet, saying:

11 Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: 'Ask, I pray thee, the priests of the law, saying:

12 Lo, one doth carry holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and he hath come with his skirt against the bread, or against the pottage, or against the wine, or against the oil, or against any food — is it holy?' And the priests answer and say, 'No.'

13 And Haggai saith, 'If the unclean of body doth come against any of these, is it unclean?' And the priests answer and say, 'It is unclean.'

14 And Haggai answereth and saith, 'So is this people, and so is this nation before Me — an affirmation of Jehovah — and so is every work of their hands, and that which they bring near there — it is unclean.

15 And now, lay it, I pray you, to your heart, From this day, and onwards, Before the laying of stone to stone in the temple of Jehovah.

Haggai 2:13 in Other Translations