1. The Biblical Book of Haggai
... law. V. 11 introduces a hypothetical problem; v. 12 states the question, which concerns second degree contact of sacred meat with other food via the fold of a garment in which the meat is carried. The question Haggai posed is whether this holiness could be twice transmitted. Does the consecrated meat consecrate the garment? Can the garment in turn consecrate other foods? The priests did not believe ... begins with other half of the message, the required response of the audience. The building of the temple had begun twelve years earlier, but the prophet urged the people to review what th...
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