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Haggai 2:13

So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.

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ASV

Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by reason of a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.

KJV

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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Original language & word study

13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
חַגַּ֔יcha.GaiHaggaiH2292 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
יִגַּ֧עyi.Ga'he will touchH5060 →
טְמֵא־te.me'-a [person] unclean ofH2931 →
נֶ֛פֶשׁNe.fesha corpseH5315 →
בְּכָל־be.khol<in> allH3605 →
אֵ֖לֶּה'E.lehthese [things]H428 →
הֲיִטְמָ֑אha.yit.Ma'¿ will it become uncleanH2930 →
וַיַּעֲנ֧וּvai.ya.'a.Nuand they answeredH6030 →
הַכֹּהֲנִ֛יםha.ko.ha.Nimthe priestsH3548 →
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559 →
יִטְמָֽא׃yit.Ma'it will become uncleanH2930 →

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Numbers 19:22Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.”Numbers 19:11Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.Numbers 5:2–3“Command the Israelites to send away from the camp anyone with a skin disease, anyone who has a bodily discharge, and anyone who is defiled by a dead body.Numbers 9:6–10But there were some men who were unclean due to a dead body, so they could not observe the Passover on that day. And they came before Moses and Aaron that same dayLeviticus 22:4–6If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,Numbers 19:11–22Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.Leviticus 5:2Or if a person touches anything unclean—whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty.Leviticus 12:4The woman shall continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch anything sacred or go into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete.Leviticus 22:6the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.Titus 1:15To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.

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